Word: blitz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best-beloved member of the British royal family is not William, Diana or the Queen, but the Queen Mum. Adored ever since she chose to stay on in London, alongside King George VI, as an example to her countrymen during the brutal Nazi blitz of World War II, the plucky Queen Mother Elizabeth stirred more admiration six weeks ago with a visit to troubled Northern Ireland despite the obvious danger. Last week all the kingdom seemed to be celebrating with her as she turned 83. Much of the day was spent with her royal relatives, but the morning belonged...
...agency that handles only musical vacations, has had a 30% increase in bookings over the past year; virtually all of its nine European tours are sold out, even though they are all first class at premium prices. A popular novelty this year is what Dailey Thorp calls the Cultural Blitz Tour, a three-day weekend of cultural events in Europe. These tours, the agency's Don Fannon explains, "appeal to a lot of professional people who can afford to take one or two days off from work, but not a whole week." More Americans than ever are attracted...
Bankers' Blitz on Withholding...
...bankers' blitz produced an alliance of rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats, who defied warnings by President Reagan. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other House leaders that repeal would encourage tax evasion and hike deficits. Predicted New York's Barber Conable, ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee: "Many who vote for repeal will beat their breasts and bray against deficits...
...bruising battle between the company's current chairman, Jesse Werner, 66, and Samuel Heyman, 44, a Connecticut shopping-center magnate and owner of 5.7% of GAF's stock, over how to liquidate the moribund company. Factions on both sides have been attacking each other in a blitz of newspaper ads, questioning each other's competence and judgment. At one point, the Heyman group distributed a chart showing how Werner's salary and bonuses had gone from about $160,000 a year to nearly $525,000 at the same time that GAF's stock dropped from...