Word: potentate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shapes to be another classic three-win Ithaca season. Gone are eight of the defensive starters from last year as well as the Big Red's most potent offensive weapon, halfback Tony Baker--who rushed for 847 yards and scored nearly half the team's points...
...Weather Report, these trained-reflex young masters are fresh and brash enough to try playing with a pop star. But while the move to wed pop-rock/reggae with jazz may be conceptually daring, none of Sting's tunes foster the lyricism, relentless drive, or direct passion so potent in the best of both worlds...
Amal became not only one of Lebanon's most potent military forces but also a major political influence. Both characteristics came into prominent display following Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Under the leadership of Nabih Berri, Amal has forged an on-again-off-again alliance with the Druze forces of Walid Jumblatt and sometimes serves as the agent of Syria, a major force in the Lebanese conflict. In February 1984, Berri persuaded Shi'ite members of the Lebanese Army to defect to Amal, which proceeded to take control of West Beirut...
...Sure enough, he finds some in a supposedly deserted prison camp, guarded by sinister Vietnamese and their evil Soviet overlords. But his mission is sabotaged by the top military brass, who want to close the book on the whole MIA episode. The allegorical message of the film is potent. Like American soldiers in Viet Nam, Rambo tries to do a job but is defeated by his superiors. Left to his own devices, however, he shows all the skill, cunning and ruthlessness that the enemy once showed against the U.S. And this time he wins...
...takeover of ABC by Capital Cities Communications in March.) The new owners will immediately sell Metromedia's Boston outlet, WCVB-TV, to the Hearst Corp. for $450 million. Murdoch and Davis will end up with six stations that reach one out of every / five U.S. households, thus providing a potent market for Fox movies and programs. Together, the two men harbor an ambitious dream: to become major players in American television and develop their holdings into what amounts to a "fourth network." Alone, Murdoch may have an even grander plan: to build a global television empire linking Europe, America...