Word: boxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...limelight shining on Jackson that he decided to share it, and word spread that he would begin making joint appearances with the charismatic preacher. "The rules make the party undemocratic," charged McGovern. "They help a front runner, a candidate with money who is first out of the box...
...success on a number of counts. It had destroyed several menacing targets. It had signaled Syria that it could not continue to attack American reconnaissance flights and get away with it. Critics in Congress and the press, however, wondered aloud whether the attack had not been a failure (see box). Though the Reagan Administration was correct in its assertion that the raid had silenced the Syrian antiaircraft batteries, there was no indication of how long they would remain silent. In any event, the mission's successes were obscured by the criticism that followed. The Syrians were jubilant at the downing...
...Syrian behavior that can perhaps be understood best is its activity in Lebanon. Syrians consider Lebanon to be part of "Greater Syria," a vague concept of territorial grandeur that thrives more in memory than in reality. Indeed, the two countries share more than a millennium of history (see box). Both Lebanon and Syria achieved independence in the 1940s, but cultural and family ties still bind their populations, the Sunnis and the Druze...
Three Christmas movies drip red in search of box-office green...
...kill half a dozen people if you have soft blond hair and a righteous grudge. Agree who will. The rest of the audience will enjoy Director Eastwood's knowing cinematic jolts, the outsize hammery of the performances and Big Clint's return to form as a box-office powder...