Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lake Guntersville earlier this month seemed more like the Indy 500. Some 320 anglers set out in their boats at 5 a.m., battling the morning chill and 3-ft. waves in pursuit of fish and fortunes. The competitors were equipped with the latest in sonar and trolling motors, the better to pursue their wily prey. When the anglers returned to shore, crowds gasped in excitement as judges weighed the catch and flashed the results on a digital screen. The winner, Robert Byrd of Zwolle, La., brought in 60.7 lbs. of bass in just three days. His prize...
...broken, the tube showing tractor-pull-contest reruns, the dog under the bed with an attack of chiggers, marriage teetering, car defunct with black-lung disease and only one movie within walking distance -- Pink Cadillac is a tolerable summer-weight flick. Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters have a somewhat better time than the viewer, but they probably do in real life...
With breaking news, TIME's correspondents often have only a few hours to report a story. But in many ways senior correspondent Edwin M. Reingold has been preparing for the better part of two decades for the Business section's special report this week on Japanese trade practices and growing protectionist sentiment in the U.S. A native of Philadelphia, Reingold has followed Japan's rising economic star ever since 1969, when he was first assigned to TIME's Tokyo bureau as bureau chief. Back then, he recalls, most of what he knew about Japan was "World War II propaganda...
...some of his members branded the initiative "hostile." Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, former president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the Secretary "deserves to be commended, not criticized." Pointing out that the tougher demands had been made on the Arabs, Schindler asked, "Is it better to hear sweet nothings or honest talk about what has to be done on both sides...
...uphold its pledge to return Hong Kong to Chinese rule. "We cannot back away from the 1984 agreement," said a senior British diplomat. "We have signed it, and we are committed to it." Said another high official: "Once the situation settles down in China, it could be for the better. If the reformers do come out on top, that would be more promising for Hong Kong's future." By week's end, however, the liberal reformers appeared to be in retreat...