Word: assets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Twenty-Something American Dream is surprisingly compelling. Cohen's greatest asset is his willingness to let his subjects tell their own stories. He rejects the seductive dream of capturing the generation's collective consciousness. But it remains a tempting prospect. After all, who could possibly deny that universal generational ethos on the cusp of articulation in "Saturday Night Fever,' when he tells his sadly doomed dancing partner, "I'd dance wit' you, but you ain't, my dream girl or nothin...
...have no plan at all to abandon the current program," Lewis said. "It's a terrific thing for us and an asset for people who might want to go to Harvard...
...industry the big question is what role the three amigos will play in the Wasserman rumpus with the Japanese. In 1990 Matsushita spent $6.6 billion on MCA, whose prime asset is Spielberg. Since 1982, five of the six Universal films to gross at least $100 million at the domestic box office (E.T., Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Jurassic Park and The Flintstones) have come from Spielberg's Amblin. Another Spielberg film, Schindler's List, | earned $96 million and a slew of Oscars. Universal Studios Florida, the company's pricey rival to Walt Disney World...
There is a paradox in all of this, in a world where by their actions, both incumbents and challengers have turned conventional thought topsy-turvy. Experience in government is a liability nowadays, not an asset. Contempt for Congress is a virtue, not an unpatriotic vice...
Liston hopes his past can actually be an asset, as he pitches his three years' experience on the council...