Word: dowd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...national security" than a string of new weapons systems. "Who knows," he says, flashing his famous smile. "Someday I may do it again." As he said at the press conference, "I don't think it's any mystery that I would like to be President." -By Maureen Dowd. Reported by Hays Gorey and Evan Thomas/ Washington
...fuzzy, especially in the crucial matter of precisely who is responsible; 2) costs of eliminating sulfur-dioxide emissions by installing expensive "scrubbers" (which collect harmful substances before they are expelled) are prohibitive; and 3) it is questionable whether the situation is critical enough to justify immediate action. Says Joseph Dowd, general counsel for American Electric Power, which serves 2.5 million customers in the Midwest: "Installing scrubbers could break the economic backbone of the Midwest. And there's no assurance it will improve the acidity of rainfall in the East...
...never recapture its past glories. "It was really something," says James ("Doc") Carter, who started as a redcap in 1942. "There were kings and queens and Presidents. When they put that Pit in the ground it was terrible, just like someone running you out of your home." -By Maureen Dowd...
Reported by Maureen Dowd/ New York
...movie tie-in all but fell into the lap of Hershey, which sold some $35 million worth of Reese's Pieces last year. E.T.'s producers offered to use the Hershey product only after Mars, Inc., maker of M & Ms, turned it down. Hershey Vice President Jack Dowd then flew to Hollywood to see still photos from the film and make sure that the candy was not going to be in a monster film...