Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...host of other troubles bedevils the coalition. Moscow is too busy with domestic crises to do more than offer moral support. Understandably, popular enthusiasm for a foreign military adventure is not great at a time when Soviet mothers are still mourning sons killed in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and Syria cringe at the idea of a conflict pitting Arab against Arab. They remain uncomfortable with being -- at least theoretically -- aligned with Israel, which, though it has no troops committed to the gulf, is undoubtedly in favor of striking Iraq. Waiting for war may not corrode strength of arms, but it does...
...figures that more than 80 million Americans are emotionally involved with an addict or are addicted themselves -- not just to alcohol or drugs, but also to sex, food, work or shopping. A recovering drug addict, alcoholic and codependent herself, Beattie urges readers in the subtitle of her most popular book to "stop controlling others and start caring for yourself." She lives by example: "This book is dedicated...
Beattie is influenced by popular ideas born in the 1960s and 1970s. She adores Richard Bach's "metaphysical classic" The Bridge Across Forever: A Lovestory. She "really connected" with Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and mentions her debt to transactional analysis. Beattie also strongly endorses 12-step programs tailored to the needs of codependents, which entail detaching from the addict, admitting powerlessness over the addiction and turning one's life over to God or a "higher power." Her latest book is Codependents' Guide to the 12 Steps. She says, "Go until the magic works on you. And if you go long enough...
...tellers peered into their crystal balls and predicted a brief life. Men wearing ponytails, they said, that's just a momentary fad. Another trend will appear and -- snip! But the style gazers were wrong. The ponytail is not only hanging in there but also showing up in new and popular variations...
Lawson's choices have calmed fears that she is about to make drastic changes in PBS's direction. Yet some PBS veterans are wary of her plans for sitcoms and other popular programming formats, contending that the quest for bigger audiences will turn PBS into a clone of the commercial networks. "A perfect program to me," she responds, "is one where the viewer never questions the value or importance. But it's also engaging and compelling, so that you feel you have to watch it. Entertainment and intelligence can live well together." Just how well, and how often, Lawson...