Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hotels worth at least $5 million apiece. In November the London-based art auction house plans to team up for the first time with Cushman & Wakefield, a giant Manhattan realty firm, to put some $100 million worth of prime U.S. commercial real estate on Christie's Park Avenue auction block...
When 600 demonstrators rallied a block from Independence Hall for a lesbian and gay bill of rights, police on foot and horseback assiduously enforced a federal judge's ruling that demonstrators could be heard but not seen: their constitutional rights did not include marching within sight of the main celebration. Hundreds of National Park Service rangers, Philadelphia police and U.S. Capitol police set up barricades and used metal detectors to check all visitors...
...past, Holmes a Court has ended raids on target firms when the price was right. Last August, for example, he said he was seeking a 15% stake in USX. Then, as takeover speculation drove up the price of the stock, he reportedly turned a handsome profit on a block of his shares. Still, Texaco may look tempting to Holmes a Court, who has said he wants to establish a sizable U.S. industrial base. Texaco officials welcomed his vote of confidence in the value of their company's shares but said they would fight any attempt to take over the firm...
...person." (Schwarzenegger's publicist says he is 6 ft. 2 in.) "They expected somebody 6 ft. 7 in. and 280 lbs. to walk through the door. But he's actually kind of short." Them's fighting words, folks. But is America ready for Conan vs. the Women of Cell Block Nine...
...side would retain 100 warheads on missiles located elsewhere. The U.S. is now pushing for a "global zero" plan that would eliminate all such weapons. The Soviets have made conflicting noises about whether they might agree to this, but their official position is that they will not. Another stumbling block involves shorter-range missiles. The Soviets insist that 72 old Pershing 1A missiles in West Germany must be dismantled as part of a deal. While the missiles belong to the West Germans, their nuclear warheads belong to the U.S. American officials say eliminating these systems would cause a political uproar...