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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem on the job--for example, a series of housebreaks in a particular area. "Everyone there was a nervous wreck," Dottin said, mentioning time pressure, the presence of out-of-town examiners, and ambiguously worded questions. The officers were graded on their answers' similarity to a prepared list of solutions...
...with similar victories, Robertson's local organizers were able to attract Iowans who had not been politically involved. A year ago, a crude instruction sheet called the "Christian Political Action List" advised new activists to "hide your strengths" and "pretend to be interested" in general party business. Much of the missionary work was done in evangelical churches, particularly those with Pentecostal practices.* Typical was Debi Nuhn, a teacher who had come 250 miles with her husband Tom and other members of the Word of Life Christian Church. Like Robertson, she said, members of her charismatic congregation were "born-again...
...remember how my mother worked twelve- hour days cleaning other people's houses before coming home to take care of her own house and kids," and "all the things I did in college: running track, playing football, bartending, doing stand-up comedy" -- and still making the dean's list. By comparison, he concludes, "this is easy...
...about being a dad. After his first two choices to write it were "thankfully not available," Bresnick approached Cosby, whose NBC series was just starting to take off. The result was Fatherhood, a collection of humorous anecdotes and observations, which spent more than a year on the best- seller list and sold 2.6 million hard-cover copies, edging past Iacocca to set a modern-day record. Naturally, that called for a sequel. Time Flies, a lighthearted look at the woes of growing older, has just arrived in stores with a huge first printing of 1.75 million copies -- yes, another record...
...banks, some of Yugoslavia's 23 million citizens have found reason to cheer. They say that the country's cumbersome rotating leadership, which has ruled since the death of Dictator Josip Broz Tito in 1980, may now have the opportunity to push through needed reforms. On the reformers' list are such measures as liquidation of money-losing state companies, closer supervision of regional banks by central authorities, and curbs on the ability of regional governments to veto national legislation. Moreover, the Yugoslav press played an unusually aggressive role in uncovering the fraud, and optimists hope that the high-level resignations...