Word: besting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This is the best regatta Alex and I have sailed yet," Dickson said. "It was a close regatta. About four of us were together early on, but then we started to pull away...
...delegates must decide whether to declare the elephant an endangered species, an action that would trigger a global ban on the international ivory trade. The proposal has sparked rancorous debate, both inside and outside Africa, over whether such a ban could be enforced and whether it is the best way to save the elephant...
...strong. But little is certain. "I foresee chaos," says a spokesman for Botswana. In the final days leading up to the meeting, lobbying efforts by both sides reached a frenzied level. The vote in Lausanne will not be unanimous, and any prohibition of ivory trading will be at best a patchwork. As long as southern African nations such as Zimbabwe and Botswana refuse to accept the ban, ivory will be available for sale...
POODLE SPRINGS by Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker (Putnam; $18.95). After 30 years of big sleep in the Chandler literary estate, a barely started Philip Marlowe novel is successfully completed by one of the mystery master's best imitators...
What had American done to deserve this? After all, AMR is widely regarded as the best run of the big U.S. airline companies. Under the aggressive leadership of chairman Robert Crandall, corporate revenues have more than doubled in the past six years, to $8.8 billion. Most impressive, the airliner built its modern fleet of 683 aircraft with relatively little borrowing. Against $2.6 billion in assets at the end of last year, AMR held a modest $1.2 billion in long-term debt...