Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coins, to show their support for the ousted Chief Minister, a former movie actor. The outpouring of public sympathy for Rama Rao seemed to signal a reversal in Gandhi's popularity, which had been rising steadily since she ordered an army assault on Sikh extremists at the Golden Temple in Amritsar last June. Although Gandhi still denies any involvement in the affairs of Andhra Pradesh, she nonetheless faces two equally unappealing options in the state: she can dismiss the assembly and impose direct rule from New Delhi or allow Rama Rao to be reinstated by a vote...
...ancient and bruised Boston Whaler was coughing across one of the prettiest lakes in New Hampshire−Squam Lake, called Golden Pond in Henry Fonda's last picture−when a loon swam out of a birch-lined cove. "It has a chick, said Jeff Fair, slowing the boat and putting the glasses on the bird. "No, two chicks. One is riding on the adult's back." To Janis Minor, sitting in the bow, Jeff said, "You've got your work cut out. Go around and warn the homeowners...
...called twin plants, one north of the border and the other south. A typical company manufactures its materials in the U.S. plant, sends them to the Mexican factory for assembly and then returns them to the U.S. for packaging. The Mexicans have given the plants the name maquiladoras, meaning golden mills, because of the economic benefit they bring. The biggest maquiladora is RCA's TV-chassis assembly plant in Ciudad Juárez, which employs 6,000. Says Armando León, a National Bank of Mexico official who helps finance the plants: "It is a classic case...
...running repartee beforehand, Hingsen said Thompson's braggadocio made him think of Muhammad AH; Thompson called his rival "Hollywood Hingsen" because of his Burt Reynolds mustache and his perpetual golden tan. Hingsen predicted he would win the gold. Thompson replied, "There are only two ways he is going to bring a gold medal home; he'll have to steal mine or win another event." Thompson has added an eleventh event to the decathlon: clowning around. He came to one press conference sporting a floppy hat, then doffed it, revealing his head swathed in bandages. "All this talk...
...course there was Breland, who went into the tournament with the biggest reputation (a record five New York Golden Gloves titles, a major role in the 1983 film The Lords of Discipline). A lanky, 6-ft. 3-in. 147-pounder from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant ghetto, Breland is blessed with an exceptionally long reach and a strong right hand. But he was lackadaisical and distracted in his opening fight against a brawling Canadian, and suffered the ignominy of a standing eight count before winning the decision. Breland flashed his old form hi stopping Mexico's Genaro Leon...