Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That appeared to break an impasse over talks to slash long-range nuclear weapons arsenals, a senior U.S. official said Friday night...
...Cher were still the definition of hip TV comedy. NBC's new late- night series burst onto that scene with a countercultural whoop. It brought to TV, for the first time, the comic sensibility of the '60s generation: anti- Establishment, idol-smashing, media savvy. The show seemed to break new ground almost weekly: pushing the boundaries of permissible language and subject matter, rejuvenating political satire, breaking the "fourth wall" to make fun of the TV medium itself. It helped launch or boost the careers of comics like Steve Martin and Andy Kaufman, gave avant-garde rock an outlet on mainstream...
...When they walk in, we know their name, and that's the biggest thing we do for them." For most players, however, gambling is simply a thrilling adventure on the edge of willpower -- risk taking at its safest, with fantasy and freebies thrown in. "Atlantic City is a better break than Wall Street, and you can put the money in your pocket," says William A. Fountain, a food salesman who heads for Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino every Saturday...
...that leaked in West Germany last week, Valentin Falin, head of the international department of the Soviet party's Central Committee, said the East German leadership had "sharply rebuffed" advice from Moscow but was "powerless" to deal with the crisis. He predicted that "hard-to-control mass demonstrations" would break out in East Germany by early next year...
Aggressive fund raising has eased the crunch to some extent. As many as 60 schools are now conducting drives with goals of more than $100 million; three are seeking to break the $1 billion mark. But changes in the tax code have made giving less attractive, and many endowments are still feeling the aftershocks of the 1987 market crash. "How can we look so rich, yet feel so poor?" asks Donald Kennedy, president of Stanford, which faces a projected $11 million shortfall this year...