Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final clubs have thrived on secrecy and mystique; the more people know about the clubs, and the better they understand what they represent (as Green clearly does), the better for all of us. We only wish he and others were less ignorant about SWAT. John Andre Felitti '91 Jack L. Robbins...
...that Gabler stints his descriptions of the rages and outrages by which, up to now, we have known Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, Harry Cohn and their ilk. There is plenty of rowdy entertainment here. But there is also unsentimental sympathy for these East European Jews who, barred by prejudice from the genteel, gentile Establishment, created a patriarchy that was in its way more potent. The dream America that they placed on the screen -- an epic, colossal megafiction -- in time redefined the American dream for everyone. That empire of their own thus became a mighty colonial power in the world...
With the assistance of senior editor Jack White, Zintl will lead TIME through the presidential transition into the next Administration. "America is going to have a new tone and style," he says. "For us, the challenge will be to explore what's important to the country, as well as what's important to the people trying to run the country...
...modern history. Only twice have golfers chipped in from off the green on the final hole to win major tournaments. Both times, at the 1986 P.G.A. Championship and the 1987 Masters, Norman was the 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...
...impact on the shape of the Republican race. By coming in second in Iowa, beating George Bush, Robertson gave Bob Dole, the winner in Iowa, a chance to derail Bush in New Hampshire. In addition, the hard core of the right that Robertson had pre- empted was unavailable to Jack Kemp when he needed it. But Robertson's campaign staggered from one kookiness to the next as the candidate not only professed he was (like all the Republicans) opposed to abortion, but argued that we are committing genocide against ourselves by depriving America of all the wages unborn babies would...