Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that, some Democrats express hope that the whole affair will work to the advantage of their ticket. Beckel insists that because Ferraro showed so much spunk under fire, "this netted out as a political plus." One senior strategist asserts that Ferraro's performance instilled in campaign workers across the country a fighting spirit that "sometimes turns certain defeats into victories...
...even the money from ESPN will not be enough to move the U.S.F.L. teams into the black. The New Jersey Generals lost $4 million this season, and the Los Angeles Express an estimated $15 million. Only the Tampa Bay Bandits came close to breaking even...
...case, some Americans are losing interest in the election. The number of those who express less interest in this campaign than in previous ones has climbed from 6% last September to 13% now. Growing numbers of citizens no longer expect the election to have much effect on the mood of the country, the health of the economy or the standing of the U.S. in the world. Though majorities ranging from 52% to 66% still believe that who is elected "makes a big difference" in these matters, those percentages are all down by 13 or 14 points since February. One reason...
Snowdon traveled to India at the request of the film's producers, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin. He had photographed some of their Agatha Christie projects (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Evil Under the Sun), and jumped at the chance to work with Lean. On the set he was free to wander, plucking shots of the 235 crew members and a cast that includes Dame Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Judy (My Brilliant Career) Davis, Indian Actor Victor Banerjee and, of course, Sir Alec Guinness. Guinness's career has been entwined with Lean...
...which was founded in 1931, as well as a Sears Savings Bank in Glendale, Calif. But the new subsidiaries put Sears squarely into the mad swirl of financial services. Sears intends to compete not only with banks like Citicorp and Chase Manhattan but also with Merrill Lynch and American Express in offering services like lending and selling stock. Last year the Sears financial-services divisions earned $703 million...