Word: hit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...able to finish college. But for the next 20 years, he was chronically unstable, aggressively hostile toward his younger brother, going so far as to distribute leaflets urging people to vote against his re-election as a state representative. In 1973, at the age of 42, Stelian was hit by a car while riding his bike; he slipped into a coma and died four months later...
...epics have become dependably profitable. And in the occasional election year, he makes a good movie. In 1984's The Terminator he played a killer cyborg -- typecasting for a terrific sci-fi parable. Now he teams with Director Walter Hill for an informal remake of Hill's 1982 hit...
...fight with Brown began to circulate. Although Wintour did snatch Fashion Writer Andre Leon Talley away from Vanity Fair, the two women say they are friends, not rivals. Still, the talk grew louder earlier this year, when Wintour's controversial makeover of House & Garden (which she renamed HG) hit the newsstands. Aghast at a number of similarities to Vanity Fair -- particularly the emphasis on celebrities -- one wag dubbed HG "Vanity Fair with chairs...
...creative director of American Vogue in 1983 and editor of the British edition in 1986. In London her brusque approach to redesigning the already successful British Vogue earned her the sobriquets "nuclear Wintour" and "Wintour of our discontent." The shy editor clearly relishes power. "I'm the Conde Nast hit man," she told a friend. "I love coming in and changing magazines...
...knows that the competition remains formidable and that prosperity in ! the auto business is never assured. Perhaps the greatest danger to the company's momentum is a slowdown in the U.S. economy. At 5 1/2 years, the current expansion is unusually old, and many economists expect a recession to hit next year. Already, interest rates are on the rise, which could slow auto sales by making it harder for customers to afford car loans...