Word: scope
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corner of the frame, a winsome thing in love with his body, exuding the jock wholesomeness of a baby Christopher Reeve. Superboy. Dozens of such sleek stud puppies pass through Hollywood every year, and in Endless Love (1981) and The Outsiders (1982), Cruise had the chance to scope out his competition: Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, James Spader, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell. Usually boy toys come and go without attracting much more than vagrant pubescent lust. There is little job security in being this week's pinup on the bedroom wall of American girlhood...
...organizers of Earth Day 1990 hope it will have a similar galvanizing effect, that it will change individual behavior and launch a decade of environmental activism. This time the event will be international, reflecting the recognition that all the major environmental threats are global in scope. More than 100 countries, including Hungary and Uganda, have started to form committees and plan activities. Says Denis Hayes, a San Francisco lawyer and chairman of Earth Day 1990, an international umbrella organization: "The whole thrust of Earth Day as we go into the 1990s is an environment that is much brighter...
...never put a label on myself. I'm not typecast as an active supporter of women because my portfolio is on a different scope, but I've worked as much as I could, more in a quiet diplomacy style because I've been in inner circles in the institutions I've been working with, and I've had the oporunity to tweak the system at the right time, to get the point across...
...Representatives narrowly blocked a Democratic proposal to hold back 30% of the $85 million in U.S. military aid to El Salvador this year. The events of the past two weeks also underscore U.S. intelligence failures, most notably the now apparent undercounting of the F.M.L.N. forces. Judging by the scope of the rebel push, Washington officials concede that there are considerably more than the estimated total of 6,000 rebel soldiers...
...country's security threatened, President Alfredo Cristiani declared a state of siege on the second day of fighting, suspending constitutional liberties and imposing strict curfews. It was not only the sudden flare-up of the long-stalemated situation that caught Salvadorans by surprise, but it was also the scope and intensity of the conflagration. Until now, the F.M.L.N. has relied primarily on the traditional hit-and-run tactics of guerrilla warfare, never winning, but never losing decisively. By taking their battle to the capital, the rebels were forced to stand their ground in a more conventional way. But the guerrillas...