Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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National Lampoon's "Vacation" in 1983 and this year's "European Vacation" were both among the top ten box-office successes of the year, and "Animal House" has been immensely popular since its release in 1978. The royalties from cable TV and videocassette revenues of these films should far outweigh any losses due to subscription cuts, Marshall said...
...Swiss student, perusing the shelves of Store 24, saw a box of what he thought were tasty blueberry muffins. He grabbed the Duncan Hines box and got in line...
When a dean pulled Moyer from class to ask why a bomb might be in his mailbox, the student said he had lost the keys to his room and had been late to lunch, so he thought he would "safely" put the device in his box until he could obtain a new set of room keys...
Beyond the widespread anguish caused by the quake, there was also deep concern in Mexico over the economic implications of the disaster. Already burdened with severe economic problems (see box), the nation was struck a savage blow. "There will be an immense cost," predicted Clemente Ruiz Duran, an economist and former official of Mexico's central bank. Reconstruction must await the end of the effort to rescue survivors. While cranes and heavy earthmoving equipment were scarce, federal and municipal officials moved swiftly after the blow came. The National Defense Secretariat activated a standing plan for just such an emergency, mobilizing...
...State Richard Burt, and opponents of arms control, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle. Burt has since departed to become Ambassador to West Germany, leaving no one to push hard for arms control. The Pentagon under Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is unalterably opposed to abandoning SDI (see box). Publicly, Shultz always backs the President. Arms-Control Adviser Paul Nitze would seize what he considered an opening for an advantageous arms deal, but he is a veteran of the bureaucratic wars and not likely to lead any quixotic crusades. The man in the best position to soften Reagan...