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Word: mayes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Friday, up 17 1/4 points for the week but 16 1/4 points below Trump's bid. Some speculators were not persuaded that Trump is serious about the bid. Despite his high profile, Trump as a businessman remains an enigma. Last week Playboy magazine disclosed that a clothed Trump may grace its cover early next year. Perhaps American Airlines is just another plaything for the man who has everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes Donald, Duck! | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...whistle. Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti has framed a budget strategy that aims at balancing the books by 1993 through a combination of tax increases and spending cuts. Similar targets have been set and missed before, but this time a new sense of urgency comes from the danger that Italians may start sending their savings abroad when capital movements in the European Community are freed next year. Bank of Italy Governor Carlo Ciampi warns that "a change in the handling of public finances is mandatory," because "every delay increases the burden on us and on future generations." That's not Mastroianni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Dolce Deficit | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...point plan for opening a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians on the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Mubarak's ideas, explained Secretary of State James Baker, are not competing with but are "complementary" to the peace proposal Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir put forward last May, which calls for elections in the occupied territories. "We don't think we'll get to peace until we have Palestinians and Israelis speaking to each other," said Baker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Waiting for Godot | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...similar sort of success may await Some Can Whistle, McMurtry's 13th novel. If so, that will be a redemption of sorts for an uncharacteristical ly spotty performance between hard covers. Plot has given way to concocted situations, conversation displaced by laugh-track dialogue. Everything and everyone in the tale reeks of Hollywood, particularly the narrator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Movie-Cute | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Improbably, Deck finds his daughter enchanting. T.R. is movie-cute, meaning that an accomplished actress might make her hideously egocentric behavior appealing to an audience that knew it would all be over in two hours. Readers, facing a longer haul, may be excused for waiting for the film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Movie-Cute | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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