Word: raymonds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This spring the U.S. became a debtor nation for the first time since 1917. Raymond Dalio, a Connecticut-based economic consultant, estimates that the country's net foreign debt could grow to $1 trillion by 1990. At home, consumers remain hefty borrowers. Installment loans, which account for 22% of household borrowing, jumped 21.3% during the twelve months that ended last April, the largest gain since the 1950s...
Huang's background includes two years as a research assistant on political economy issues for Raymond Vernon, the eminent Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus, Vernon calls Huang "outstanding, bright, Industrious--everything you want in a research assistant...
...year-old girl marched into the chambers of Los Angeles Judge Aviva Bobb two weeks ago and said she was afraid to tell the truth in court. Clutching a large teddy bear for support, she had already testified that Raymond Buckey, a preschool teacher, had sexually molested her, then killed a turtle in her presence and warned that her parents would also be killed if she told what had happened. Though she did finally complete her testimony, the girl's father pointed out that Buckey's presence caused her fear, "a good argument for closed-circuit...
Norris is not magnetic; he does not even have the freak appeal of Mr. T. His / popularity, all in all, is curious. The hard-core audience does appreciate his athletic bona fides. Also, says Code of Silence Producer Raymond Wagner, "he's an enormously nice human being, and that can be sensed on the screen." Norris indeed seems like a nice guy: married for 26 years, doting father of two loving sons, loyal to his friends. "The character I want to build," he said last week during the filming of Invasion U.S.A., "is a man who believes in the right...
...belly laughs and slasher screams; for a cathartic sob one must go to TV for a Movie of the Week or a late show. Once in a while, though, a film will buck the glut of exploitation movies and attract any viewer who still carries a hankie. Critic Raymond Durgnat called them "male weepies": films to make a grown man, or a baby mogul, cry. They describe a heroic life struggle that may end in defeat or death but never in ignominy. There is nothing like a fighter against the odds--a caring father (Kramer vs. Kramer), a troubled teenager...