Word: familiarizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sept. 26, 1983, the 12-meter yacht Australia II crossed the finish line off Newport, R.I., capturing the America's Cup and ending 132 years of U.S. sailing supremacy. Americans were astonished when John Bertrand, an unknown naval engineer, steered his boat to victory. But those familiar with the Melbourne skipper were not surprised: Bertrand's great-grandfather had helped build Sir Thomas Lipton's towering boats for early 20th century America's Cup competitions. As Bertrand admits in Born to Win, he relied as much on gamesmanship as yachtsmanship. He called the boat's new forward-slanted keel...
...sound of machine gunfire resolves into a pulsing electronic rock beat. Staccato images flash by. A flock of pink-plumed flamingos. Bikini- clad girls on the beach. Race horses bursting from the starting gate. The ocean speeding by under the bow of a boat. And, of course, the familiar art deco logo, glowing in vibrant turquoise and pink...
...word that a start on relieving international tensions would crown Reagan's career. Gorbachev, with fewer constituencies to mollify or even to answer, is free to take the line that he is for peace, but is the other fellow? As interest builds for the summit, there comes the familiar manipulative effort by the Government to "lower public expectations." After nearly 40 years of cold war, is the public really so rashly optimistic...
...conversation--a full hour more than he had scheduled --Gorbachev showed himself well informed, urbane, energetic, tough, witty and above all in possession of a disciplined intellect. He reflected most elements of the traditional Soviet hard line, but not in the familiar pedantic Soviet style. His main points, some delivered as written replies to questions submitted in advance, others made orally and spontaneously...
...Folks, this is Pearl," boomed the familiar voice after Amtrak's Chicago-to-New York train collided last week in the middle of the night with a stalled truck and derailed near Mansfield, Ohio. The unofficial conductor was Pearl Bailey, 67, traveling to Manhattan to chair the opening of the 1985 Christmas Seal ceremonies. Talking through a loudspeaker, the veteran singer soothed jangled nerves among the 425 passengers. After two more days of traveling, Bailey hit a traffic jam outside New York City. Christmas Seal officials who had spotted Dolly Parton, 39, having lunch asked her to stand...