Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Reagan left Washington in August for a monthlong vacation at his California ranch, he had just wrapped up Chapter 1 and had every reason to feel satisfied, even a bit smug. No President since Franklin D. Roosevelt had done so much so quickly to change the basic path of the American economy. Though critics had confidently predicted that Congress would never go along with his daring "supply-side" strategy of large budget cuts and deep tax reductions, Reagan had pushed his programs through the House and Senate virtually intact...
...released last week showed that Reagan's approval rating of about 60% has not slipped during this summer's economic slowdown. Interviews by TIME correspondents around the U.S. last week also showed the public's willingness to sacrifice in order to get the economy on the path to steady, noninflationary growth...
...river to cater to the needs of the men who traverse it. But to the generations of pilgrims who have travelled through, the gorge and the road are an illusion. Reality is the height and the rarefied air that surrounds the mountains, and the road is just a path to the summit...
...here. Orlando sings Sweet Gypsy Rose and Mack the Knife, says a few kind words about Tom Jones--an over-the-hill Wayne Newton, but an upscale Engelbert Humperdinck--and then talks about his inspiration. Two men have inspired him, Orlando says, two men whose lives laid out the path that would take him past "Knock Three Times (On the Ceiling If You Want Me)" and "Sweet Gypsy Rose" to his fifth symphony, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon." Considering the circumstances, one of the two--Jerry Lewis--is obvious, but the other much less so. It's Bobby Darin...
...holding pattern at a busy airport, some people are trying their own hand at guiding planes to a landing. No cause for alarm. They are playing one of two video games that have become popular since the start of the strike. The games: Air Traffic Controller ($11.95) and Flight Path...