Word: parents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parent of young speed skaters, I was angered by your comment that speed skating is an obscure sport and "Heiden, the greatest speed skater in history-and an American-has flashed through without leaving a trace." Eric Heiden chose to excel in a sport that demands grace and strength, instead of one like hockey, which can be brutal and violent. I am proud that my children chose to emulate...
...counting on them to go up. The ploy was exposed in May 1982, when Drysdale defaulted on $160 million in charges it owed Chase Manhattan. Ultimately the bank lost a total of $270 million in trading expenses and interest payments. During the summer of 1982 Drysdale's parent company went out of business, and Chase Manhattan took over the portfolio of Drysdale Government Securities...
Entire Nous, like Kury's first film Peppermint Soda, is distinctly autobiographical. Peppermint Soda was a lovely, sensitive portrayal of her childhood in France. Entre Nous describes the breakdown of her parent's marriage, and the second woman who, in a sense, took her father's place...
...accident was a financial and public relations disaster for Metropolitan Edison, the utility that operated Three Mile Island. In 1981 its corporate parent, New Jersey-based General Public Utilities (GPU), set up a new subsidiary, called GPU Nuclear Corp., to clean up the mess left by the accident and reassure the public that T.M.I. Unit 2 is safe. The company is making progress at the first task but has been less successful with the second...
...concerned that my son is becoming a target because his mother has brought her complaints to this forum [of the city council]," another parent said...