Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Obviously I think we have goals. In our minds, television has the potential to be the most constructive medium man has ever devised. The goal we would like to see is that television reach that potential instead of being used in a destructive manner as it currently...
...disclosures about the dreadful state of the Soviet economy. Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov admitted that some 40 million Soviets, or 13% of the population, live below the poverty level, that the Afghanistan war had cost about $70 billion and that the country's foreign-trade deficit this year will reach $52 billion. (The U.S. foreign-trade deficit last year was $119.8 billion.) In an attack on the economic front, Ryzhkov proposed cuts of almost a third in the military budget until 1995 and the elimination of as many as 18 of the 50 government ministries...
...skis are small, engine-driven craft that scoot across the water. Like their landbound cousins, motorcycles and snowmobiles, they are quick, maneuverable, noisy and a rush to ride. Costing $4,000 on average, the scooters can reach speeds of 40 m.p.h. Sales are believed to have doubled since 1984, and there are now over 200,000 personal watercraft in use from coast to coast...
...always liked the sound of her own voice, and used to warble to the crowds at her husband's election rallies. Now former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos is hoping to reach a less captive audience in the U.S. with the release this week of a cassette of twelve "songs of love and friendship" that she recorded with Philippine pop singer Imelda Papin. Titled Imelda Papin Featuring Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the cassette will be produced in a limited edition of 5,000, and includes five solos by Mrs. Marcos. Papin says the songs, including Feelings and I Just Called...
CAPTION: Rising out of Reach...