Word: bond
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Evans, a folksy moderate. In North Dakota, Senator Mark Andrews blew a 12-point lead over Democratic Tax Commissioner Kent Conrad when he erroneously claimed that grain prices had been rising and took credit for the nonexistent increase. In Missouri, the acrimonious race between former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods to succeed Democratic Senator Thomas Eagleton is still too close to call...
...think this place has been abandoned by God?" Adso asks William, and he seems to be on to something. All the monks are old and decrepit, shrinking and shrivelling. By comparison, Sean Connery looks a little too hale and handsome, and William comes off as James Bond in a habit...
...major evidence in the Gotti case was provided through a bugging scheme worthy of a James Bond movie. In 1984 Gambino Soldier Dominick Lofaro, 56, was arrested in upstate New York on heroin charges. Facing a 20-year sentence, he agreed to become a Government informant. Investigators wired him with a tiny microphone taped to his chest and a miniature cassette recorder, no bigger than two packs of gum, that fitted into the small of his back without producing a bulge. Equipped with a magnetic switch on a cigarette lighter to activate the recorder, Lofaro coolly discussed Gambino family affairs...
...Monte Carlo and owns subsidiaries that sell cigarettes, insurance and watches. This motley collection of businesses last year earned $589 million on sales of $6.7 billion. In addition to its stake in Loews, the Tisch family owns real estate scattered across the country and a vast stock and bond portfolio. Though the domain sometimes seems too enormous to comprehend, much less oversee, Tisch is rarely fazed by his responsibilities. He told TIME last week, "I find business very relaxing. I look forward every day to going to the office...
...Democratic primary runoff in Atlanta earlier this month, John Lewis was the clear underdog. But in the midst of a debate with the front runner, Julian Bond, Lewis challenged his opponent to on-the-spot urinalysis. "We can go outside and go to the men's room and take the test right now," said he. Bond refused, as he had before, saying, "I think true leadership is to resist this demagoguery, this McCarthyism." Lewis won a narrow upset, and doubts about Bond's commitment to the antidrug crusade may have been a small factor...