Word: normans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nineteen ninety-one also saw Safire predicting that just about everyone this side of Montana would run for president. In March of that year, he even gave campaign advice to General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, saying the Desert Storm hero-ette looked great...
This doesn't mean Asian-Americans should run on platforms openly proclaiming themselves beacons for the Asian-American community. Since Asian-Americans often constitute less than two percent of a given district--including the ones represented by Matsui and Norman Mineta (D-Calif.)--that would be politically fatal...
...Phil Schaap has included 1 1/2 hours of newly discovered material, rehearsals in 1955 where Lady Day runs through some tunes, runs over a little history ("Jesus Christ. Man broke my heart and I needed the loot"), runs down some collaborators ("The dirty bum," she says of her producer, Norman Granz. "I hate that son of a bitch") and in general gives a strong account of the spirit that kept her vital even as her body was giving...
...Corp. for $4.05 billion illustrates both defense-industry survival techniques, in wide use after six years of declining spending, and the prospect of four more under Bill Clinton. The deal, which will make Martin Marietta the world's largest defense- electronics firm, with revenues of $12 billion, supports chairman Norman Augustine's conviction that "companies that combine will be the survivors." GE chairman John Welch, worried about holding on to a division too small to compete in a shrinking market, decided to get out while the getting was good. "If you are No. 4, and No. 1 sneezes," said Welch...
...authorized biography, a cautious primer for black pride. It is Lee's biggest film, and the least Spikey. At one point in producer Marvin Worth's 26-year hajj to get this movie made, and before he was persuaded that an African American should direct the movie, Norman Jewison (A Soldier's Story) wanted to do it. If Jewison had, the product would be about the same. Only the label would be different...