Word: easterners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weapons deter their own use. Arguably that is all they are good for. But tactical nukes, because they frighten allies whom they are supposed to protect, are good for even less. In fact, these weapons are good for nothing except as bargaining leverage to remove similar Soviet missiles in Eastern Europe. Thus the current furor is surprising only in that it took so long, and so much pressure from the left, for a West German Chancellor to adopt Kohl's present position...
...fellow schemers to "include me out" of a deal -- gained Samuel Goldwyn a perverse fame as the archetypal Hollywood immigrant mogul, crude and semiliterate. But as A. Scott Berg demonstrates in this readable, richly researched biography, Goldwyn was never an archetypal anything, except in his poor Jewish origins in Eastern Europe. Unlike the Mayers and Warners, he made relatively few films, and he never built a mighty empire with a huge star roster and an immense distribution network. He was the ultimate independent producer, with a compulsive need for autonomy and control ("I made Wuthering Heights," he once said. "((William...
Siegel, who is comparatively mild-mannered as talk hosts go, joined KING last November. He has railed against local police for laxity in the antidrug war and against Eastern Air Lines Chairman Frank Lorenzo (he joined a picket line during the current Eastern strike). Soon he hopes to stir passions over the savings and loan bailout. "I'm not a Pied Piper," he says, "but I do believe in what...
...countries of Eastern Europe go in developing relations with the West...
...ranks of airlines are likely to be diminished even more with two venerable carriers, Eastern and Pan Am, on the verge of being swallowed up or dismantled. Eastern was losing more than $4 million a day when it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last March after a strike by its machinists virtually shut it down. The bankruptcy court has set a deadline for Eastern bids this week. And Pan Am seems to be running on fumes. Last week the once proud carrier said it lost $151 million during the first quarter, following a $73 million annual loss...