Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interpreter of students to all of us," says Derek C. Bok, president of the University during the 1970s and '80s...
Epps helped smooth over tensions between The Crimson and the Black Students Association (BSA) in the early '80s, when the paper was sued by four black students after publishing a racially offensive illustration...
When lasers were first used for the treatment in the mid-'80s, researchers believed the channels remained open. Apparently not. It is now thought that the drilling provokes new blood-vessel growth where the laser burns a hole. (Others suggest the angina may be eased simply because the laser numbs pain-sensing nerves of the heart.) Scar tissue from the laser holes seems minimal...
...this hard core was always there, beneath the sweet melodies; both Peter Svensson, lead guitarist and songwriter, and Sveningsson played in heavy metal bands before forming the Cardigans. Sveningsson explained: "We wanted to become a pop band; [Peter and I] played in individual hard rock bands back in the '80s. We met because we needed someone new to play with. Peter is still in that scene, but I have found other things to listen to." Keyboardist Johansson had a more pithy account of new, harder Cardigans: "We're back, and we're loud...
...your favorite CEO really in charge? Sandy Weill has engineered a tenfold stock gain while at the helm of Travelers Group and its predecessor companies since the mid-'80s. But last month Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup. Weill now serves as co-CEO with John Reed in an unwieldy structure that is slowing the integration of the two companies and frustrating top deputies. Underscoring that point, Weill protege and presumed heir Jamie Dimon was forced to resign last week. The co-CEO thing won't last, and my bet is that Weill will emerge...