Word: boxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overhaul of the international monetary system to bring about more stable exchange rates. Nothing so ambitious has been tried since 1944, when representatives of 44 nations met in Bretton Woods, N.H., and established a worldwide system of fixed exchange rates that endured for nearly 30 years (see box). Said Mitterrand: "The moment has come to think of a new Bretton Woods...
...including Superman III, a computer thriller called WarGames and The Twilight Zone, based on the old television series, have hopeful studios predicting that this summer's receipts may break last year's $1.2 billion record.) Star Wars, the first in the series (1977), has taken in $524 million at box offices around the world, while The Empire Strikes Back, the second in the saga (1980), has grossed $365 million worldwide. And Empire, as Lucas himself points out, was not an upbeat picture: it had an ending that left the bad guys in charge, and the good guys on the run?...
...group on campus, the dues were stated as $150.00, rather than the approximated $15.00. I realize that this was a printing error and that a correction was printed in the May 10 issue of the paper. In fact, this correction was buried on page four in a very small box. Although this may be the standard procedure for corrections, in my opinion, it was insufficient in this instance. The zero added to the $15.00 made a mockery of the idea of a nonexclusive organization, and has caused many people to question the "real" objectives of the organizers...
Pouty sultriness seems to be in high demand these days, and Debra Winger, 27, has the pout that everyone touts. Through Urban Cowboy and An Officer and a Gentleman, her tousled curls and hazel eyes have made her a box-office wonder and an agent's dream. Next up are Mike's Murder, due out this fall, and Terms of Endearment, now filming in Nebraska, in which she plays the difficult daughter of Shirley MacLaine, 49. Early whispers report a battle offscreen as well as on between Winger and MacLaine. The onetime Irma la Douce used to toss...
...world. Whether at the urgings of the Communists or the word processors, the device that has come to be called the old-fashioned manual will soon lie dusty in fraudulent antique shops between the duck decoys and the miniature spoons. "What's that funny-looking box, Daddy?" "Why, that's an Underwood, darling [gulping imperceptibly...