Word: em
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...especially worried by the thunder on the far right. "When are they going to elect a more conservative President than Ronald Reagan in this century?" asks Presidential Assistant Michael Deaver. "Never." As for Phillips, Viguerie and the rest, Deaver has run out of fraternal feeling. "Screw 'em," he says, "and you can quote me." The President is far more politic but knows that his zealous conservative constituents need him more than he needs them. The 1982 elections, in which the National Conservative Political Action Committee spent $4.5 million but had scant influence, produced a moderate Congress. To govern, Reagan...
...They're very beatable," Harvard's Dixon said, "I think they're always worried about playing us because they realize the potential is there. We're gonna beat 'em one day," the senior point guard concluded, adding, however, "I guess not while I'm here...
...competition, including their archrivals in Japan. Japanese inventory-control techniques are being introduced in U.S. plants, as are pared-down corporate staffs and worker-management cooperation programs. Now General Motors Corp. is pushing that process one giant step further, taking to heart the old tactic of joining 'em when you can't beat 'em. Reports out of Tokyo and Detroit last week indicated that GM, America's largest car manufacturer (sales in 1982's first nine months: $46.1 billion), may soon enter into a joint venture with Toyota Motor Co., Japan's biggest (fiscal...
...celebrities from Vivien Leigh to Rodney Dangerfield abound throughout the show, occasionally detracting from the seriousness of the parables when they get out of hand. As Jesus tells his disciples that if a man takes their shirts, they should give him their coats, one character chimes in with. "Give 'em your tired, give 'em your poor," while another is shushed by his friend when he adds, "Give 'em hell." One particularly moving exchange is Christ's response to a character's complaint that she is an only child, "So am I," he says...
...This is it for me," he said. "This is it. This year we can catch 'em...