Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whether he would ever sanction a U.S. military intervention in Nicaragua. No. Just plain...
Mostly, though, the job entails just plain hard work. Each week Garcia, Golon, Thigpen receive a flood of invitations to celebrity-packed events, most of which they are forced to skip in order to meet their deadlines. Beginning early in the week, the trio pores over story suggestions from TIME's foreign and domestic bureaus, as well as stacks of newspapers and publications, picking out the dozen or so timeliest and most colorful items. Says Writer Garcia: "At this point, we pretty much know a People item when we see one. Generally, it's going to be a snappy story...
...months -- when seats on certain routes go begging -- in exchange for a supply of cheap tickets in the busy tourist season. The consolidator adds a commission of perhaps 10%, then resells the tickets to travel agencies in the U.S. and other countries. The agencies generally post the fares in plain, boxed ads in the travel sections of newspapers -- London: $190, one way. Paris: $205. Vienna...
What may unsettle the candidates more than the Times's request are the truly personal questions since Hart's fall. The Cleveland Plain Dealer cited Ohio Governor Richard Celeste's denials of a "Hart-type personal problem" as justification for its story about his alleged affairs. In a LIFE interview, Jesse Jackson's wife warned that her husband's fidelity was nobody's business. Said she: "I don't believe in examining sheets." Nonetheless, candidates who prefer to devote their time offering visions of the future are likely to spend much of the present talking about themselves, their character...
...should not be said that Arnaud de Borchgrave never sleeps. True, he puts in 18-hour days at the Washington Times, showering his staff with "Arnaud- grams," notes scrawled on yellow paper suggesting stories and sources. He bounces around the newsroom, nagging, second-guessing or just plain giving orders. But he does sleep. The proof is in his office, which contains a queen- size bed. Though de Borchgrave owns an apartment in Washington, he spends many nights at work, rising before dawn to read the day's papers...