Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...such detailed analysis can be applied to Jimmy Carter. He came in his glistening Marine helicopter through a clear and soft Rome night last week to start his new European adventure, settling in the shadows of the Quirinale Palace, which sits atop the highest of the Eternal City's seven hills, a panorama of enduring dignity and beauty...
...prolonged tâête-á-têtes at the White House and State Department, Hussein repeated his chief objections to Camp David. Palestinian self-determination and Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories must be accepted goals from the start, he insisted. In the end, the sides agreed to disagree, and everybody went to great effort to be conciliatory. Said Jimmy Carter afterward: "We have not tried to change each other's mind...
...successful U.S. manufacturer of the fancy new footwear is Blue Ribbon Sports of Beaverton, Ore., a privately held company founded by Running Enthusiasts Phil Knight, 42, and Bill Bowerman, 69. In just eight years, Blue Ribbon Sports and their Nike (rhymes with psyche) shoes have gone from a standing start to sales of $260 million, and this year they could climb to $360 million or more. Nike is now aiming to overtake Adidas, the West German sports giant. Nike already has 136 models, for every sport from running and tennis to volleyball and wrestling. This year it plans...
...anything with a tennis ball. It is the best feeling. Then I will try something I have never done before, and that works too. I don't really know what I'm doing out there because something strange is going on. I think I am Superman, and I start to try all kinds of things because suddenly, I know I can't miss the ball. I make an unbelievable shot, and it feels just like all the others. So then I want to show the people even more, give them these most fantastic shots that maybe they have never seen...
...spectators at Olympic Stadium (capacity: 77,269) and the million or so others at some 400 closed-circuit television locations in North America were expecting a classic confrontation between an artist and a brawler. But from the start, Leonard fought out of character. Instead of dancing and circling on his toes, taking advantage of his longer reach, he tried to punch it out with the challenger. Unfortunately for Sugar Ray, however, he seemed to have left his jackhammer left jab back home in Palmer Park, Md. Explained Leonard: "I felt I could hit him with my best shots flatfooted...