Word: manful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years, he had openly criticized the deterioration of East Germany's economy and kept up the attacks even after party bosses tried to intimidate him by sending 140 "investigators" to Dresden, where he was local party chief, to look into his "ideological errors." Modrow is now considered the only man who may be able to lead a rejuvenated and reformed party to a respectable performance at the polls...
...cover into a gallery that registered every shock of those seismic years. As an adman, he taught America's children the insistent demand "I want my Maypo." In the early 1980s he recycled the line to meet their grownup tastes: "I want my MTV." And he's the man who told people, "When you got it, flaunt it" (for Braniff airlines, remember?), a pretty good description of his advertising ethos...
...business like show business, even when it comes to off-screen commercial disputes. In a settlement that left Hollywood somewhat breathless last week, Warner Bros. and Sony Corp. ended their two-month battle over the services of Peter Guber and Jon Peters, the megahit producers of Batman and Rain Man. Warner agreed to release Guber, 47, and Peters, 44, from a five-year contract, thereby permitting Sony to hire the pair to run Columbia Pictures Entertainment, which the Japanese firm is acquiring for $3.4 billion. In return, Sony ceded entertainment assets to Warner Bros. that analysts estimated could be worth...
...Burbank Studios -- which the two companies now jointly hold -- by acquiring Columbia's 35% interest in the film lot in exchange for sole title to Warner's smaller Lorimar Studio. And Warner will keep some 50 film projects that Guber and Peters have under development, including Batman and Rain Man sequels...
...cherished Massachusetts miracle was in tatters. In a rare admission of fault, he told an aide, "I missed the politics of it all." He had believed the public would go along with more taxes. To many, the Governor seemed back where he started years ago: an intelligent, principled man without imagination or passionate allies...