Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PLAYERS --The Insurance Side Health-insurance companies, the American Assn. of Health Plans and Health Insurance Assn. of America...
...ISSUE] A bill to let Caribbean and Central American countries export apparel to the U.S. duty and quota free, provided that the goods are made of U.S. fabrics...
...PLAYERS] --The Manufacturing and Retail Side Retailers (the Gap), apparel companies (Sara Lee Corp.), the American Textile Manufacturers Institute...
...keep his sanity in an election year's orgies of grip-and-grin? Mingling with the unwashed, he will presumably shake tens of thousands of germy hands. The most graceful substitute--the Hindu namaste (slight bow, hands clasped near the heart as in prayer)--would not play well in American politics. One alternative might be to shake your own hand, brandishing the two-handed clutch in front of your face like a champ while looking the voter in the eye. No. Too much self-congratulation. A politician mustn't advertise his narcissism...
...blooded men. "Young males traditionally like to watch two things--action and females," notes Gil Grant, executive consultant for newcomer Relic Hunter, who is paid for such astute observations. "Put them together, and you have a hot ticket." A hot ticket that translates easily into most languages. American outlets for these shows are shrinking as local channels that once filled airtime with this kind of cheesy programming have become network affiliates for the WB or UPN, which have expanded to six and five nights of programming, respectively. But the international market can't seem to get enough of buxom women...