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...final day of America's longest, costliest and--some say--nastiest presidential campaign left little room for subtlety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candidates Canvass Nation on Last Day | 11/8/1988 | See Source »

...costliest campaign in Americanhistory, and just one piece of it, a series ofCalifornia ballot initiatives, had a price tag ofmore than $100 million...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Days Show Race Tightening | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...surrendered, the author and his unit were among the blooded troops scheduled to invade Japan. The ferocity of the recent campaigns on Okinawa and Iwo Jima was not lost on those who had survived the crusade against Hitler. Fighting the Japanese on their own turf promised to be the costliest effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Airbursts Thank God for the Atom Bomb | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...still owes for the construction of Shoreham. For the beleaguered U.S. nuclear power industry, though, there was no consolation. After a decade in which not a single new atomic power plant was ordered and 78 that were planned or under construction were canceled, the industry got its biggest and costliest tombstone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $5 Billion Nuclear Waste | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...bash--which includes symposia on 106 topics as diverse as Beethoven's String Quartet in F Major and the chemistry and physics of biological processes, three outdoor convocations and a closing ceremony in Soldiers Field Stadium that is expected to draw 27,000 people--will be the largest and costliest in Harvard history...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Orchestrating a Family Affair: Stephenson Juggles a Big Ball | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

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