Word: popular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doesn't recognize Moscow's right to rule Estonia," complains Rein Veideman, a leader of the pro-independence Popular Front, "but it also doesn't recognize Tallinn's right...
...from the Washington suburbs of northern Virginia, crosses Richmond and heads east to the bustling Tidewater area around Norfolk. Although no Democratic presidential contender has carried Virginia since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, the party has controlled state government since the 1981 election of L.B.J.'s son- in-law, the popular Governor (and now Senator) Chuck Robb. The respected current Governor, Gerald Baliles, cannot succeed himself under state law. As political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia puts it, "I think of Virginia today more as a Middle Atlantic state than a Southern state...
These days, nearly every popular movie wants to be a cartoon. For proof, check out 1989's five top hits: Batman; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Lethal Weapon 2; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Ghostbusters II. They all aspire to the freedom of form and story that any animated film takes for granted. Problem is, real life gets in the way. Location shooting is at the whim of weather; special effects can look chintzy onscreen. And actors! They cost the moon, and their bodies aren't elastic enough to perform the comic contortions that Daffy Duck can give...
...King pronounced himself "quite satisfied" with the election outcome. But the potential exists for Muslim Brotherhood legislators to form a coalition with radical leftists to embarrass him. To be sure, the Hashemite King retains the power to disband Parliament and rule without it. But after calling the elections under popular pressure, he would presumably be reluctant to exercise such authority...
...kind of man many Japanese admire -- handsome and well tailored, an avid yachtsman and tennis player, successful politician and novelist. But what makes Shintaro Ishihara, 57, one of the most popular figures in Japan these days is his unapologetic view of the country's pre-eminence on the world stage. As a corollary, he warns the U.S. that its days as a leading economic and industrial power are numbered and that it ignores Japanese interests and sensibilities at its peril...