Word: move
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...takeover attempt is the boldest move yet made by Disney, once disparaged as "Walt's idiot nephew." After leaving his uncle's company in 1977, Disney built Shamrock into a thriving enterprise that owns three TV and 14 radio stations. In 1984 Disney helped put together a new management team at the struggling Walt Disney Co. that transformed the firm into one of the hottest in the entertainment business. Now Disney apparently aims to do the same for Polaroid, which has not had strong growth in a decade...
...Jackson appears, and the hall goes wild. Bradley and Zirinsky are determined to collar the candidate right after his speech and conclude that he will probably exit from the right. They stake out their position near the podium. Then Heyward orders them to move to the left side. "Tell them no," snaps Bradley...
Kumin sculptures chocolate roses with the same passionate care that he bestows on his real garden in nearby Brewster. First he rolls a cone of solid chocolate. Then, with a few deft moves of what looks like an artist's palette knife, he shapes petals from modeling chocolate. His large fingers gently wrap the leaves around the cone and suddenly a perfect rendition of a rosebud glistens in chocolate. As the students move to their own tables to practice, Kumin takes a short break for a cigarette in his tiny office. "Teaching is wonderful," he says, "but soon I need...
...Khomeini's sentiments were genuine -- and Arab and Western observers generally believed they were -- he had taken a giant step toward ending the conflict. Calling the Iranian decision a "major breakthrough," the U.S. State Department said the move opens the way for a "restoration of stability in a troubled region of the world...
...year's hiatus. Last week the country quietly restored diplomatic ties with Canada, severed in 1980, after dropping a demand that Ottawa apologize for hiding six American diplomats following the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Few steps would give this friendliness campaign greater impetus than a move by Iran to end the gulf...