Word: open
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...experts still express skepticism, there has been a definite shift of attitude in the scientific community about the possible health effects of electromagnetic fields, as a recent series in Science magazine made clear. "In the 1970's ((the link)) seemed absurd," the articles concluded. "Now it's a legitimate open question...
...open hand, outstretched to a fallen adversary, may be the surest sign that a battle is truly over. Last week brought just such a sign as the Soviet government issued a dignified -- but desperate -- request for help, and an American President responded solicitously. George Bush's decision to help sustain the Soviet Union through the hard winter ahead reflected as much politics as pity, but what made it easy was that both sides had so much to gain...
Amid all the grousing, hope was rising that a new, historic era of trade had begun -- with vast opportunities for U.S. exporters. To open that door, however, Bush had to waive the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, which prohibited normal trade relations until Moscow allowed free emigration for its citizens. The Soviet parliament still has not passed a free-emigration law. But in the past year alone, authorities have permitted the departure of more than 150,000 citizens, mostly Jews headed for Israel, and it is likely that a satisfactory emigration law will be enacted next year. Once the law passes...
...Horton ploy worked as well as it did because Michael Dukakis responded feebly. Determined to fight back this time, the Democrats began rhetorical carpet bombing a month ago. Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder sent Bush an open letter admonishing him to practice "moral leadership." The ideal of equal opportunity, Wilder said in a message that got wide attention, "is not a political football to be used by our President to appease the Jesse Helmses of this country." House majority leader Richard Gephardt, a possible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, placed the Republicans on "a new trail of racial resentment...
...alienated wonder. Someone else's lights are burning inside upon someone else's Christmas tree, and the child that once lived there is now a stranger in the skin of a middle-aged man. It seems a sort of obscure outrage that the windows and doors are not all open at once, telling stories. The home, like the mind, is a time capsule. Where are the stories and jokes of the house? Its old animation has become a ghost and gone into memory. The house is someone else...