Word: needing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Three people stop by the classroom-turned-office. Staffers eagerly ask if they need an escort. But they don't--they are merely dropping by to see if a friend of theirs, a Saturday night regular, is working...
...battle, the appearance of unity began to fade. Minnesota Democrat James Oberstar, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, met with Davis last week and later said the billionaire's promise to build a major airline-repair center in Minnesota makes the bid "a very attractive offer." But Davis will need all his charm and cash to persuade the defiant Northwesterners...
...both green and ambitious and therefore more dangerous to friend than foe. Such characters have been AWOL from most movies about Viet Nam, and 84 Charlie MoPic would have curiosity value if it only brought them back and restored them to their chief role: demonstrating the masculine need for bonding...
...Gorbachev cause overseas. It is, of course, domestic imperatives that have forced Gorbachev to readjust, even reconstruct Soviet foreign policy. Henry Trofimenko, a specialist at Moscow's Institute of U.S.A. and Canada Studies, laid the Kremlin's newly realistic approach squarely on three forces: money, perestroika and the need for Western assistance. Said Trofimenko: "First of all, we should spend less money abroad. Second, there should be a concentration of people's efforts on our internal situation. Third, we are trying to improve relations with the West...
There may be new stadiums in Florida and big microwave dishes beside them to beam games to snowbound fans back home. But so far, at least, traditionalists need not worry. As the Reds battled past the Cards a couple of weeks ago, a boy ran a ballpoint pen along the bullpen fence. Jeff Gray, a young Cincinnati reliever, smiled and started walking toward him. The boy arced his baseball over the fence, and Gray caught it easily and said, "Where do you want me to sign...