Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the U.S. would retain the right to deploy the Pershing II. Weinberger did not want to budge. "We're doing fine," he said at an NSC meeting in mid-August. "Our position is already a good one. If it's not broken, let's not fix...
...imps from the underworld. And so he gives his impression of Old Richard emerging from the utopia of inebriation to "wake up in a car drivin' 90" and then wallpaper his bathroom with last night's dinner. His enactment of a heroin addict killing himself with a fix is no joke; it is a flat-out, Oscar-time horror show. Pryor starts out showboating: "They say, 'You goin' to hell.' I say, 'I been there. Had so much fun they kicked me out.' " But by the end he is supine on the stage...
...Bureau of Intelligence and Research decided to refurbish six safes-actually bar-lock file cabinets that are kept in a vault. Their contents were to be transferred to microfilm, and the empty safes sent to Lorton Reformatory, a maximum-security prison in Virginia that had contracted to fix up Government furniture...
Michael Turk, co-author of the referendum and leader of the Harvard Tenants Union, suggests that some of the city's resources should be shifted into a public loan fund for repair and maintenance of older buildings. "Money is being used to fix up housing for middle-to upper-level income people, and we just want to make sure we get our fair share," Turk says...
Fearful of losing their merchandise sources, off-price stores are taking to the courts. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse has sued R.H. Macy & Co. for helping manufacturers fix prices. Kids "R" Us, a new outlet for off-price children's clothing owned by Toys "R" Us, sued Federated Department Stores, owner of Bloomingdale's, and the makers of Izod/Lacoste alligator-emblazoned shirts. It accused them of conspiring to prevent Kids "R" Us from selling Izod merchandise...