Word: bring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trouble for "Red Harry," as the right-wing press dubs him, is that he is not really in charge. His phone is being tapped. The CIA has infiltrated his Cabinet. His own intelligence chief is ferreting out scandals, real and invented, in an effort to bring down his government. In A Very British Coup, an engrossing new Masterpiece Theatre presentation, Perkins starts out trying to make a revolution. He ends up making a stand for the quaint notion that governments should be run by the people elected to office...
That is the worrisome analysis of U.S. experts in Government, industry and academia. Virtually every week seems to bring fresh evidence that Japan is catching up with the U.S. -- and often surpassing it -- in creating the cutting-edge products that long were the turf of U.S. firms. Last week the American Electronics Association reported that from 1984 through 1987 electronics production rose 75% in Japan, vs. a paltry 8% in the U.S. Most ominously for the U.S., Japan made its gains in increasingly sophisticated components, such as the disk drives and optical-storage devices used for today's higher-powered...
Some of Ivana's ideas of decoration were a little odd, like sending to London for fur hats to bring a touch of Buckingham Palace to the doormen at Trump Tower. But she worked hard, and the Donald, as she sometimes calls him, kept giving her new responsibilities. When she ran his Atlantic City casinos, she was the boss of 4,000 people. "I run my operations like a family business," she says. "I sign every check, every receipt. I'm not tough, but I'm strong. You can't be a pussycat." This was, in a way, a necessity...
...volunteer medical movement is dominated by three Paris-based organizations -- Medecins sans Frontieres, Medecins du Monde and Aide Medicale Internationale -- whose aim is to bring medical assistance to troubled and neglected corners of the world, without regard to political orientation or government approval. The need these groups serve is illustrated by an M.S.F. poster showing a doctor examining a sick child. Beneath the photograph is the caption IN THEIR WAITING ROOM: MORE THAN 2 BILLION PEOPLE...
...style like former Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach. He has an excellent arm, and he's mobile enough to evade an NFL-type rush. While he can't replace Roger the Dodger in our hearts, he can bring the Cowboys back...