Word: ways
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Church's many gifts is his writing speed. "It's late in the week, news is breaking, correspondents are scrambling, and George has this ability to absorb enormous quantities of material," says World editor Jim Kelly. "He then puts it together in a way that readers can understand and enjoy." Moreover, Church's memory could shame an elephant. "He reads things once, including a correspondent's files, and remembers them damn near forever," a fellow writer, Ed Magnuson, complains cheerfully. While at a baseball game last summer, Magnuson asked Church if he could recall his first visit to a ball...
That was about the cheeriest sentiment Americans could manage last week, as the country caroled, gift-wrapped and tinseled its way through the holidays in search of some deeper tidings of comfort and joy. For those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country is not (yet) at war; there are families in Romania, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sharing the holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements...
...month for six months or until the owner returns to work. Says newlywed Wendy Goldberg, a computer instructor who will soon close on a $150,000 home: "The idea of taking all our funds and running them dry to buy a house was very scary. At least this way we'll have a place to live if something happens to our jobs...
CAPTION: IN HARM'S WAY...
...Understand Those irrepressible reptiles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, inspired children and their parents to shell out more than $1 billion to see the cold-blooded heroes on the big screen and bring home such turtle tie-ins as video games and breakfast cereal. In 1990 a guaranteed way to start a conversation with an eight-year- old was to ask "Which turtle...