Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have shown the world that they are willing to sweat to build a new society and a new respectability. The great challenge to the West Germans today is to avoid a splintering of their society that would make it harder yet to face the unsettling problems of the' 80s...
...Every city has its time, and I think Cleveland will be the city of the '80s. I hope that people will say of us that finally we did it, we finally got our act together...
...full Man of Steel regalia, flying her back to his place, pouring her champagne, cooking dinner and egad!-taking her to bed? The mind boggles-is nothing sacred? But let's face it, times change, and Superman and friend have sweetly embraced the spirit of the '80s as well as each other. They have become-no other phrase will do-swinging singles (PG division) willing to talk things out, show their vulnerability, be mutually supportive in their careers. In the next film they will doubtless negotiate a prenuptial agreement and buy a co-op together...
...about 30-35 names each. Van der Eb, a business executive from Chicago, was the one to include Watson on his list. "I was hoping for a leading businessman with qualities beyond the qualities of business," recalls Van der Eb. "I felt that with the advent of the '80s and the emphasis on the reindustrialization of America, the revitalization of the economy, the repositioning of the U.S. in world trade, I should be looking for a person familiar with American industry," he adds, citing in particular his worry over America's lack of competitiveness...
Wilcox, director since the mid-1960's of Harvard's ever-dwindling General Education program, has watched the great curricular reform of the 1940s grind to a finish. Gen Ed was to the 1940s what the Core will be to the 80s. Another educational scheme in a dynastic cycle. Another reform that burst out of the gate and lost it past the clubhouse turn. It's hardly a new story...