Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Larry Darrell wants to find the Meaning of Life in some sort of mix of intensive reading and travel. The more Murray talks of reading and contemplation, though, the more it seems the film tries to yank our contact lenses of understanding out of out eyes, making the search for meaning little more than a vague blur. "Do you read all these books," asks a miner, pointing to a filled shelf. "I skim them," Time and again the books stay blurred; the brown blur could be a first edition Kant, the redder blur could be Bible, but they could just...
...James Wieghart, national political correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspapers and former editor of the New York Daily News. After rejecting another group proposed by the League, each campaign countered with suggested names: some were rejected by the other side and some by the League, which wanted a mix of sex and race of reporters and in type of news organizations represented. A senior White House official said that the Reagan campaign had excluded three reporters, on what appeared to be a political basis: William Greider of Rolling Stone, whose Atlantic Monthly interviews with Budget Director David Stockman raised questions...
...long 23 seconds. Gromyko reminded Reagan that they had greeted each other once before, in 1973, when the then Governor of California was introduced to Soviet officials accompanying Leonid Brezhnev on a visit to President Nixon in San Clemente.* Reagan and Gromyko encountered each other again during the "mix and mingle" portion of the reception, and the Soviet leader indulged in some skeptical banter. Referring to Reagan's forthcoming speech to the U.N., Gromyko asked the President, in English, "How many arrows will you shoot at me tomorrow?" Reagan smilingly answered that he had no arrows in his quiver...
Troubled residents ask if capitalism and Communism can mix...
...famed for its buttoned-down, highly regimented managerial style, and Rolm, a 15-year-old firm nurtured in the free-spirited environs of California's Silicon Valley. Said Ulric Weil, an industry analyst for the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "History shows that acquisitions of this type, when you mix corporate cultures, don't work. IBM is taking a big risk." Rolm employees set their own work hours; a million-dollar recreation center at the firm's campus-like headquarters includes two swimming pools, an exercise room, a sauna and tennis and racquetball courts. Even so, Rolm...