Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...edge of a wilderness: Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Franklin, the Adamses. (Would these men have survived the scrutiny of a Mike Wallace or Ben Bradlee? Probably so. The press was much more savage in those days.) But perhaps, out of all the mysterious historical chemistries that can produce a golden age-the Athens of Pericles, Renaissance Florence-the America of two centuries ago was a golden age for political thought and political leadership. Perhaps we should simply be grateful for the founders, not haunted by them...
...determined to play by her own rules. She would adorn no mogul's casting couch, coddle no gossip columnist. She deserted Hollywood after her first hit movie (Come and Get It, 1936) to join the Group Theater in New York City as the star of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy. Life struck back at Frances with gaudy vengefulness. Odets and his group dumped her. She was cast in forgettable B pictures. Her caustic temper cost her: Farmer's rap sheet was soon as long as her filmography. After one pathetic performance before a California judge, she was sent...
Elaine Rosell, who appeared in the calendar as a golden girl, said she didn't think the pictures were sexist, and felt instead that they mocked sexist pinups...
Some of the "looks" featured in the calendar include "punk rocker," "California Golden Girl," "preppy," and "athletic female jock" (pictured at right...
...country" to save it Reagan's concern stems from a frightening but increasingly popular story. The story runs as follows: By 1984, the Soviet Union will have built enough ICBMs to destroy, in one blow, all of America's land based missile force. The Soviets will seize this golden opportunity having labored for decades to achieve it) and launch the attack, targeting our land-based missiles but leaving cities intact. With the entire American ICBM force annihilated, the President will have to choose either to surrender, or to retaliate with the remainder of our defenses submarine-launched missiles and bombers...