Word: mentored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interior decorator who loves both Fox and money. "I finally realized she doesn't have to be a total snot," says Hannah. "She can be human too." Douglas had no such qualms about his portrayal of Gordon Gekko, a "very high-powered guy" who becomes the younger Sheen's mentor and partner in crime. Says he: "The hardest thing was probably finding that balance of seduction yet killer...
...years South Korea has been a problem waiting to happen. Chun seized power in 1980, moving into the vacuum created a year earlier by the assassination of President Park Chung Hee, his longtime mentor. The product of a modest rural background, Chun was graduated from South Korea's military academy in 1955, and is a combat veteran of the Viet Nam War. Chun consolidated his hold in a 1981 presidential election that was conducted under martial law and excluded all but token opposition candidates. Even by South Korea's standards of political legitimacy, the former army general was widely regarded...
...smiles and mewls winsomely, presents Sarah with a bouquet, and sleeps in the Hendersons' living room with Ernie, a teddy bear and the family dog. As Harry might say, Uggghhh! Director and Co-Author William Dear, who helmed a funny segment of Spielberg's Amazing Stories, here apes his mentor and libels him. He has taken the E.T. formula and created its reductio ad nauseam...
Fish followed the same path as his mentor, Barnaby. After playing on both the squash and tennis teams for Barnaby and working under Barnaby as assistant coach for five years, Fish took over the team when Barnaby retired...
When Cowles retired in 1937, Barnaby (who played under Cowles on both the squash and tennis teams) picked up where his mentor left off, recording a 355-95 mark during his remarkable 36-year career. Barnaby led the racquetmen to 21 Ivy League titles, 20 national intercollegiate titles, 16 national singles championships, 16 intercollegiate singles titles and 10 six-man championships. Needless to say, this kind of showing is unequalled in the annals of squash...