Word: ducks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev knows that neither the lame-duck President nor the President-elect is in a position to transact much meaningful business. That will give the Soviet leader an ideal opportunity to float bold ideas, then sit back and watch as the two Americans respond tentatively, if not defensively...
...years in one of the world's toughest jobs, George Shultz would be excused for spending his last weeks in office dreaming of the pool at his Palo Alto home or drafting the series on foreign policy that he plans to do for public television. Instead, the combative, lame-duck Secretary of State threw himself into a one-man jihad to prevent P.L.O. chief Yasser Arafat from speaking to the United Nations in New York City. At week's end Shultz prevailed, and Arafat was denied entry...
...time the exacting cooking teacher presents a magnificently clear illustrated work not only on the rolling and shaping of pasta but also on the preparing of artichokes, squid and other ingredients that go into sauces. In time for winter entertaining are such irresistibles as the pappardelle (wide noodles) with duck or lamb and cannelloni plump with a wild-mushroom stuffing...
Critics said that Manville was using Chapter 11 to duck its responsibilities. Yet as Manville (1987 sales: $2.1 billion) emerges from bankruptcy this month, the 130-year-old company is winning praise -- even from many of its victims. Under a complex reorganization plan, the company will pay out more than $2.5 billion in claims over the next 27 years. Despite its monumental obligations, the company is in many ways stronger than ever before. Says Tom Stephens, 46, Manville's chief executive: "After six years in the starting gate, we're raring...
Lone and Chen at least had the good fortune to end up in a film that was an intelligent depiction of Chinese history. When Asian-Americans do get parts in Hollywood films they are almost invariably stereotyped. Who can forget the absurd "Long Duck Dong" character in Sixteen Candles...