Word: jim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surface, Secretary of State James Baker's confirmation hearings last month were a love feast. Helms exuded courtesy, calling Baker "Secretary Jim." But the North Carolina Senator and his allies used the occasion to declare themselves on some potentially troublesome issues: Salvadoran rightist Roberto D'Aubuisson may be an admirable patriot who has got a bum rap for the death squads, and Winnie Mandela is a terrorist...
Already this first collection of stories is attracting heavy he-man literary comparisons to Jim Harrison and others. But while Rick Bass, 30, a Southerner who now lives in Montana, can fight the bears with the best of them, there are more unusual reasons to praise him. His writing is so assured that he can do handkerchief tricks on the page. Just try to spot the magic. His characters, mostly country people, along with some layabout Houstoners ("We drank margaritas as often as we could stand it"), are portrayed with rare tenderness; Bass is even tolerant of his blackhearted...
Sophomore Mike Foster, one of two junior varsity members who moved up for the match against Dartmouth, cruised past Jim Zug, 18-14, 15-8, 15-5, while teammate Polsky took out Doug Henry in three games...
...Senate probes new allegations about John Tower's drinking and sex life that could delay his confirmation. -- Flying solo on his first diplomatic mission, Dan Quayle voices support for human rights in El Salvador. -- Feeling voters' heat, Speaker Jim Wright changes strategy on congressional pay hikes. -- Had October's missiles flown, John Kennedy would have stayed home...
...makes ten times the average annual American income.) And don't forget the perks: a limousine, a Moscow apartment, a dacha, hand-delivered groceries. Korotich also disclosed that Gorbachev donated $600,000 in foreign royalties from his book Perestroika, to the Communist Party. Are you listening, Jim Wright...