Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...library, wanted to preserve a certain educational prestige in his University. He was one of the first administrators to recognize that a school would be judged by the networks it spawned--and thus it seemed natural that, with its prime New York City location, Columbia should be America's premier school...
With this evidence, Kennedy maintains that the United States is in the midst of a decline from its position as the world's premier power which parallels Great Britain's demise in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Curious historical circumstances after World War II allowed us to rise to world dominance, economically and militarily, and now history is righting itself. A country should only have as much power as her population and natural resources allow, Kennedy believes. Because we have only 16 percent or so of these commodities, when history has fixed itself, we will possess only that...
Speaking in a televised interview last week, French Premier Jacques Chirac declared that "we have no intention of giving in to blackmail." In an obvious reference to French warships headed for the gulf, Chirac vowed that "we will intervene" if Iran launched a military attack. Yet Chirac's room for maneuver is sharply limited. Any French military action could endanger the lives of the embassy captives in Tehran and the five French hostages held in Lebanon...
...Should a premier broadcaster also try to be a major power in the print field? Apparently not in the opinion of Laurence Tisch, who became chief executive of CBS last September and has since been slicing away operations not related to broadcasting. The process accelerated last week, when CBS agreed to sell its magazine group to four division executives for $650 million. Among the 21 CBS titles: Woman's Day, Car and Driver and Stereo Review...
Meanwhile, Deng shrewdly continued to groom his other protege, Premier Zhao Ziyang, who last January took on the discredited Hu's responsibilities as party General Secretary. At first, Zhao's official speeches outlined a delicate balance of power, with the conservatives dominating the political sphere and the reformists managing to keep control of the economy. With tacit encouragement from Deng, however, Zhao soon grew bolder. In April he faced down a conservative decision to bar a Chinese movie from overseas distribution. In late May the Premier denounced the conservatives' "ossified thinking," which he said endangered the livelihood of the people...