Word: jim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pool-equipment manufacturers are strapped for tables, cues and other paraphernalia to meet the demand. "It really accelerated in 1986 after the release of The Color of Money," says Jim Bakula of the Brunswick Corp. in Bristol, Wis. Watching Paul Newman and Tom Cruise slug it out helped glamourize the game. In the past two years, pool-table sales have more than doubled, with 90% of the sales made to private homes...
...Primarily from my family. Former POW ((Admiral)) Jim Stockdale is a classmate and great friend. He said that when he was in prison camp in Viet Nam, one great source of strength was the Book of Job. Relating to Job, he could accept that life isn't fair. Many others couldn't and became bitter. There are things you can't do anything about when you're taking a buffeting. Something of this is applicable to being Chairman. You can't take the good part and ignore the rest. I find Job's experience useful in surviving in Washington. Harry...
...purpose of the conspiracy, says the Government, was simply to "create and continue lavish and extravagant life-styles." Among the places the money went: $3.4 million in bonuses for Jim and Tammy, and $279,000 to buy silence from Jessica Hahn, with whom Jim had dallied one fateful day in a Florida hotel. The grand jury spent 16 months investigating the scandal and detailed 42 misdeeds...
Bakker and friends are expected to plead innocent; their trial may begin by mid-1989. With such seasoned stars and a number of flamboyant lawyers on hand, it should be one of the livelier gospel spectaculars since Jim and Tammy went...
Searches by two major Protestant churches typify the mysterious, arduous process of "calling." -- The feds slam ptl' s fallen star Jim Bakker (but not Tammy) with a giant fraud indictment...