Word: import
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...side of the Atlantic, as the dollar registers historic highs against the pound. For 2.5 million American travelers a year, a vacation in England-with frequent visits to its hallowed tourist lure, the theater-never looked so good. Britons may complain that some musicals, like the American import On Your Toes, are charging record ticket prices (nearly $20), but these are still lower than the cheapest admissions to most Broadway shows, and not a few off-Broadway. The best seat in most West End houses costs from $13 to $16; the National Theater offers many seats for about...
While many TV viewers have concerned themselves for these past two weeks with such transitory matters as whether Carl Lewis will set a new world record in the long jump or Mark Breland will take an Olympic gold in boxing, others have focused on questions of more fundamental import: Will Beth stay with Lujack or return to Phillip? Can Jenny recover from the explosion that nearly killed her? Will Julie and Tyler be able to adopt Scotty? And where is Ryan's Hope...
...reminiscent of watching the Harlem Globetrotters play. Part of the problem is institutional. Races are short and the program drags midway through the evening, as obscure riders who lost in the first qualifying heats struggle to make it into the main event. So the track announcer screams and promotors import a variety of sideshows to liven up the evening...
...Export-Import...
Undoubtedly, what has administration officials so up in arms is not the philosophical, but the practical import of the studies. Despite record defense expenditures, military officials ranging from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to officers in the field have recently testified that the U.S. Armed Forces are I sufficiently equipped to conduct sustained conventional warfare. These criticims are a large political embarassment to the "get tough" Reagan team, already facing Congressional opposition to proposed defense funding increases. The relative preparedenss famine in times of Pentagon plenty must be attributed in large part to inordinate expenditures on nuclear over conventional forces...