Word: midlands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young marrieds from Knots Landing; most of the time, though, they want to play other indoor games. Fridays we reserve for our oldest friends, the Swings -but maybe you 've already met them. For the past few Saturdays we 've seen the best and worst families of Midland Heights...
...Ewings' gray-sheep brother Gary off into the moral thickets of California suburbia, has frequently won its time slot since it debuted in December 1979. A newer entry. Flamingo Road, is putting lurid new life into NBC's chronically tired blood. Lorimar's Secrets of Midland Heights, an updated Peyton Place with the handsomest cast on TV, seemed to be finding its narrative stride before CBS canceled it last month for low ratings...
...Bank of America, Bankers Trust, Chase Manhattan, Chemical Bank, Citibank, Continental Illinois Bank, European American Bank, First National Bank of Chicago, Irving Trust, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Marine Midland Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust...
British, French, Japanese and other foreign investors in the past decade have steadily bought control of 77 U.S. banks. The initial targets were usually small, often ailing institutions like Main Bank in Houston. Not any longer. Last summer Britain's Midland Bank unveiled a plan to buy California's Crocker National Bank, the nation's 14th largest (assets:$16 billion). In the past two years, overseas investors have also grabbed such multibillion-dollar banks as New York's Marine Midland and California's Union Bank. Some lawmakers say that the buying binge has gone...
...Alevizos will pursue his dream, the majors. He may end up in Chicago. Or the road may end in Wichita, Midland or Burlington. But he can always say he once spent the summer in Geneva...