Word: magical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second or third. For that reason, they are unlikely to sign any accord that leaves open the possibility of the U.S.'s eventually developing defenses more ambitious and comprehensive than those permitted under an interim agreement of some kind. The Soviets fear American technology as if it were black magic. This fear may have opened a window of negotiability for the forthcoming Geneva talks...
Even some plaintiffs' attorneys seem to have nagging doubts about attacking the Magic Kingdom. Says Stanley Jacobs, a Los Angeles lawyer who has lost only six cases in 25 years of practice, two of them to Disney: "I have never been as impressed with an operation as I have been with the Disneyland amusement park. I think Disney wins because it deserves to most of the time...
...flavor could put a crimp in sales of Dr Pepper, which has a slight cherry flavor. Coca-Cola's current Pepper-type offering, called Mr. Pibb, has done poorly. This time the company hopes to ensure its new product's success by using the Coke label. It learned the magic of that name in 1983, when its diet Coke became an instant...
...sold over three decades. Then Butts' wife died, and the widower, who is a retired architect, found that even his own creation was no consolation since at least two people are required to play. So he went back to the tile board to see if he still had the magic touch. The result is called, appropriately, Alfred's Other Game. Related to Scrabble, though not quite zygomorphically (40 points in the original, 55 in the new), A.O.G. can be played alone or with company, "sort of simultaneous solitaire," Butts explains. Meanwhile, thanks to a vigorous promotion campaign, Butts, 85, suddenly...
...learned was to approach a role from the ground up, as if he were building a house, or raising a barn, as he helps to do in Witness. "I'm a technical actor, and my approach to both jobs is almost totally technical," he explains. "There's no magic involved, only work and circumstance." Ridley Scott, who directed Ford in the 1982 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner, observes that, like a good carpenter, Ford is obsessive about small things. "After going over the story line, he'll turn to the details," says Scott. "He wants to know not only what...