Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plenty. At one of the 65 trading shows held on a single recent weekend, some 400 hobbyists lined up in New York University's spacious Greenwich Village student center to pay $7 apiece for personalized autographs from New York Mets stars. (For a day of such work, past and present baseball stars can earn anywhere from...
...Persian Gulf," said Republican Senate Leader Bob Dole, a candidate to succeed Reagan. "What are our goals? What is our strategy? What are the risks? And how much cost are we willing to pay?" Dole co-sponsored a resolution with Democrat Robert Byrd requiring that the , President present Congress with an analysis of those questions. Said Byrd: "I believe that it is appropriate to ask the Administration to provide the Congress with a full report before we implement any agreement with the Kuwaiti government." The Senate passed the measure by a 91-to-5 vote...
Captain Glenn Brindel, 43, commander of the Stark since January 1985, knew that the gulf's serenity was often illusory. With mines concealed below, jet fighters screaming above and antiship missiles lurking onshore, sudden violence was an ever present danger. More than 200 vessels had been attacked in the gulf during the past three years. Earlier on this day, Iraqi jets had delivered missiles into a Cypriot tanker, leaving it dead in the water. The increasing threats to shipping in the vital region were precisely why the Stark was there, signaling U.S. determination to keep the oil lifelines open...
...protesters plan to present testimony from more than a dozen experts on South Africa, and said they have subpoenaed President Bok and University Treasurer Roderick M. MacDougall...
Although only Carter joined his present franchise via the free-agent route, the eight others--along with other players of their caliber--are paid such high salaries to preventthem from seeking free-agency...