Word: grand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More cynical, or possibly more realistic, law-enforcement authorities doubt that these grand goals can be achieved. But they nonetheless admire the determination and the sophisticated tactics that the current prosecutors are bringing to a battle that has been fought, mostly in vain, ever since the crime-breeding days of Prohibition. Even the doubters concede that the new campaign is off to an impressive start...
Last week's crowd, which numbered nearly 2,500, was gathered for the Gerald R. Ford Museum's Humor and the Presidency Symposium in Grand Rapids, likened by Comedian Pat Paulsen to the "Ayatullah Khomeini Symposium on the Sexual Revolution." The convocation, which included a comedy show and a banquet, marks the fifth anniversary of the museum where the Ford Administration's documents are stored -- "in a Dixie cup," according to Paulsen. "It's very exciting here," he said, "if you happen to be a monk." Among those joining the three days of discussions and routines: Art Buchwald, Robert Klein...
They couldn't say no. Wednesday they will roll into Grand Rapids by plane, flivver, oxcart and unicycle for two days of laughs and an occasional serious thought if they can't stop it before it gets...
...rest of the country will hear about the goings-on in Grand Rapids. Good Morning, America is moving in. HBO plans a show. Arbor House is scheduling a book. The President's foundation gets the profit from the $500 dinner tickets and $10-to-$25 tickets to the public sessions...
When Soviet-American relations come a cropper, as they so often do, it is rarely because the White House or the Kremlin seeks a crisis as part of a grand strategy. Rather, the setbacks are like road accidents during a cross- country rally in which the contestants are continually jockeying for position. Particularly when they feel their security has somehow been threatened, the Soviets can seem like road hogs, making it all the more likely that they will cause fender benders or worse along the way. They are aggressive but not reckless drivers...