Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jack Kemp. The far right did not write this platform. They would like to take credit for it, but with all due respect to them, it was written by a group of young, activist-oriented Republicans who are not comfortable sitting on the sidelines. The platform is not a narrow, negative, nationalistic, Communist-bashing document. There are elements of conservatism associated with values we Republicans share about the family and Judeo-Christian ideals. But it is liberal with regard to trade and the inner city. I think the platform expresses a newness...
...party, retired Lieut. General Daniel Graham's book on Star Wars defense systems, We Must Defend America, was a party favor, along with Texas-shaped cakes of soap. The main event of the afternoon was a fashion show in which the models included the wives of James Baker, Jack Kemp and Robert Michel. They were introduced by both their own name and their husband's name, and a notation of the number of children each had. The hit of the runway parade was a 3-ft.-tall mink elephant...
...seven chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange, the dioxin-contaminated defoliant that the military sprayed over Viet Nam from 1965 to 1970. The plaintiffs claimed that Agent Orange had caused, among other things, skin disorders in many of the soldiers and birth defects in some of their children. Judge Jack Weinstein of New York, who worked out the mass-damage award, is now holding hearings to gauge reaction to the settlement before he decides whether to approve...
...once booming videogame business has also been decimated. Industry leader Atari was bought by former Commodore President Jack Tramiel in June after running up losses of $652.9 million. The computer and game maker has given up space in more than 30 office buildings around the valley in an urgent effort to cut costs. Now Activision is also threatened. The firm, whose products include such popular games as Space Shuttle and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, had a market value of $413 million in 1983 when its stock stood at $12.63. But Activision has lost money for four straight quarters...
Premier then threatened the homeowners with legal action if they did not pay a $300 fee. In response, a group of about 1,200 of the alleged pirates hired the firm of Melvin Belli, the famed attorney whose clients have included Errol Flynn, Mae West and Jack Ruby, to sue the company for invasion of privacy and extortion. Last week Premier filed its own suit against 6,902 people for intercepting its programs. The cases could set precedents for future legal duels between pay-TV companies and air pirates...