Word: korbel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women are passive, right? Women like to "talk things out." Not this woman. Madeleine Albright, as many are quick to point out, is not "soft" on foreign policy issues. She was raised the daughter of a Czech diplomat, Joseph Korbel, and was forced to flee Czechoslovakia, first from the Nazis in 1938 and then later when the Communists came to power. The result, Albright said, is that "My mindset is Munich; most of my generation's was Vietnam." In a day and age where many political leaders are pushing for a more limited use of force, Albright is a fervent...
...because the list of Inaugural entertainments, courtesies and adornments is endless. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors have lent a total of 500 cars and trucks to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, presumably with the hope that TV viewers will notice their vehicles as they carry VIPs down Pennsylvania Avenue. Korbel has provided 800 cases of a "Special Inaugural Cuvee," emblazoned with the presidential seal; Clairol has invited journalists to have their hair done at a Washington salon, while MTV is throwing its own Inaugural ball with the high-minded goal of honoring "the young Americans who voted in the 1992 presidential...