Word: handed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point, Chairman Frank Church held a text of the U.N. resolution in one hand and in the other grasped the Camp David accords and previous U.N. resolutions that were far less critical of Israel than the one under contention. Said tie: "To my own bafflement, these two sets of documents are clearly inconsistent." Later, Church stated: "Why vote for any resolution proposed by Arab countries condemning Israel? It would have been more appropriate to abstain...
...Adviser Roberts B. Owen said there was no way of knowing whether the Americans would remain prisoners "for a month, a year or a decade." Owen also described the harsh treatment endured by some of the hostages during the early days of their captivity last fall. They were bound hand and foot and forced to sleep on cold concrete floors without blankets; women were tied to straight-back chairs for 16 hours a day. In one particularly outrageous example of intimidation, an Iranian captor played Russian roulette with a woman captive, but stopped before his pistol killed her. Most...
...double takes. Wasn't that the Kramer family from Manhattan, together again, ambling about the city on a combination business and pleasure trip? For Actors Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Justin Henry, of course, the business was the British premiere of their hit movie, Kramer vs. Kramer. On hand for the glittering opening at London's Odeon Theater was another well-known family, the Windsors. "Will the film make us cry?" asked Queen Elizabeth II, chatting with eight-year-old Justin, who nearly stole the show in his first acting assignment. Said he: "It might. It made...
...uterus and spot certain physical defects. Says Dr. Thomas Gindhart, of the National Cancer Institute: "You can look right at parts of the fetus as it floats by. You can count the number of fingers." That alone can reveal much about the condition of the fetus. A six-fingered hand, for example, may accompany some forms of retardation. Also discernible are such features as eyes, ears, mouth and genitals. Even more important, the technique enables doctors to take blood and tissue from the fetus. From these samples they can diagnose a severe skin disease known as epidermolytic hyperkeratosis and such...
...Rosemary's Baby. We gave them a $50,000 advance on the movie rights, and they went to Richard Marek with whom they made a book deal." Like many current contracts, the Boorstins' calls for a series of escalating bonuses depending on how many weeks The Glory Hand remains on the bestseller lists and whether it is picked up by a book club. Says Paul Boorstin: "The new trend in Hollywood is to finance the writing of the novel by buying the movie rights. It makes sense...