Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many Wall Street insiders thought the KKR bid was as self-serving and hasty as Johnson's offer had been. "They broke the golden rule by injecting their egos into a business decision," said one financier who knows KKR well. "They went after RJR Nabisco to protect their franchise as the largest dealmaker...
...best time in the grueling 26.2-mile event is 3 hr. 31 min. That may not be a world record, but it is impressive enough for someone who was born with spina bifida, is paralyzed from the waist down and races in a wheelchair. Ski Racing magazine named Diana Golden, 25, the U.S. Alpine Skier of 1988 for her unusual skill and courage. Golden, who at age twelve lost a leg to cancer, schusses down slopes on a single...
Americans do themselves a great disservice if they believe the notion that some "Golden Age" died in the streets of Dallas 25 years ago. Kennedy's own administration, for all its energy and romance, had setbacks and problems: the Bay of Pigs, increased involvement in Vietnam, tensions over civil rights and fear of nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union. Pretending times were once simpler and leaders once bolder is a self-pitying attitude that shifts attention from modern problems to fuzzy, romantic nostalgia...
...victim. He has placed second in two other majors, losing the 1986 Masters to Jack Nicklaus because of a wild 4-iron on the very last hole. Despite Olympian skills and what Nicklaus calls "virtually unlimited potential," Greg Norman has only one major-tournament victory under his belt; the Golden Bear, Nicklaus, has tucked away a record 18. Norman at age 33 is golf...
Like some misplaced country gazebo, a carrousel has gone up on the outhouse roof. Exclaims Kevin Walsh, the ironworkers' beefy crew chief: "It's gonna be like Coney Island out here. Lots of kids riding the horsies and pulling the golden ring...