Word: bond
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...half-year the central problem before us: the rejuvenation of the wealth-making capacity of the nation. Even within the White House, when the men and women who counsel Reagan are being frank with themselves, they admit that if there is no better economic news soon, then that delicate bond of trust between the people and the President may break...
Everyone knows that James Bond is invincible. The world's vilest villains-Goldfinger, Dr. No, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Hugo Drax, Rosa Klebb, Scaramanga and the 7-ft. truncheon known only as Jaws-rarely so much as wrinkled the crease in Bond's Savile Row trousers. Next summer, though, the pride of Her Majesty's Secret Service will have some worthy competition: himself. In a schizophrenically satisfying conflict, the 14th and 15th episodes of the most popular series in movie history will be set for a showdown of two big stars. One film, Octopussy, stars Roger Moore, assaying...
Exegetes of the Bond canon can debate the weighty matter of which movie is gospel and which apocrypha. Octopussy is based on the title of an Ian Fleming novelette-like most Bond movies it makes only vagrant nods to the original plot-and is supervised by Albert ("Cubby") Broccoli, who has produced or co-produced all but one of the previous Bonds. Never Say Never Again, based on the original story for Thunderball, is produced by Jack Schwartzman, a lawyer and movie executive who acquired the rights after a complicated set of maneuvers. Schwartzman also managed to lure Connery...
Since mid-August, the Dow Jones Industrial average--the widely-accepted barometer of the stock market's performance--has skyrocketed 30 percent amid heavy trading and has hovered around the 1000-point mark. The bond market has also risen more than 25 points in the past two months...
...Robert H. Scott, vice president for administration, said yesterday that if the current stock and bond boom continues for a long time, the Corporation could conceivably decide to increase the amount of endowment income distributed to the faculties