Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pierce said the state's huge budget deficit was a direct result of Dukakis' presidential bid, saying he and his allies "mortgaged the future of this state for a presidential campaign...
...show sometimes draw criticism from the literal-minded fans in Harkness Commons. "It's the behavior you always think of--Perry Mason pacing back and forth--but you would never actually see that," one third-year student says of the "L.A. Law"yers' courtroom demeanor. "You want to direct attention to the witness and not yourself...
...Whether the U.S. defense budget is $299 billion or $320 billion, it would have no effect on the standard of living of the American people. But in our conditions, an increase or decrease of the military budget by 6 billion or 7 billion rubles has a direct influence on the material well-being of the people. Any cut in the military budget makes it possible to come more quickly out of our difficulties. The military is well aware of that. We are keeping the minimum required for maintaining the armed forces in a state of readiness to rebuff a possible...
Bold signs direct customers to the "surfin" department, and the company motto, also in English, is pure yuppie: "We make sure you're a winner." Says Isao Iwase, managing director of Oshman's in Tokyo: "The comfortable American life-style is being more widely accepted these days." With fall in the air, American baseball gear has given way to N.F.L. hats and jackets...
...Dutch as the second greatest foreign holders of U.S. property. The British are No. 1, yet Japanese investments create the largest public stir, in part because Japan is the greater economic rival -- and in part because some racially insensitive Americans apply different standards to European and Asian investment. Japanese direct investment in U.S. companies and real estate increased from $35.2 billion in 1987 to $53.4 billion last year, a gain of 52%. British investment climbed from $79.7 billion to $101.9 billion over the same period, for a 27.9% increase...