Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, Pfeiffer's problem was not just her insensitivity in personnel matters but also a lack of experience in the broadcasting business. Says one executive who survived her reign: "She came in with the attitude of a consumer advocate toward television." Added another top NBC official: "The most important thing in television is the morale of the egomaniacs who make it work. She didn't know how to massage those egos...
...Thai acquiescence, habitually seek refuge in the border camps, replenish their food supplies and then return to Cambodia to fight. Thailand, like the U.N., the U.S., China and several other Asian states, has refused to recognize the Hanoi-sponsored Heng Samrin government, even though it succeeded the vicious, genocidal reign...
Borg's closest call during his championship reign at Wimbledon came in the first round of the 1978 tournament, when towering (6 ft. 7 in.) Victor Amaya had him on the ropes. Amaya led two sets to one and had a 3-1 lead in the fourth set, but Borg came back to win. Says Amaya: "He looked as if he was spaced out, but all of a sudden he came to life. Sometimes he seems to go into limbo, and then he wakes up before...
Answer: a great cultural ritual was being enacted. The occasion, two weeks ago, was the graduation program of the Moscow Academic Choreographic School, training arm of the 204-year-old Bolshoi. The young dancers were making their traditional debuts on the stage where they hope one day to reign as soloists. Bolshoi training-indeed, Soviet ballet training in general -imbues the students, from their first moments at the barre, with a deep sense of style and history. Says the Bolshoi Ballet's administrative director, Pyotr Khomutov: "When our classical heritage is made a part of the educational program...
...International Court of Justice at The Hague that Iran was violating international law and "must immediately terminate the unlawful detention" was called meaningless by Tehran. Syrian Diplomat Adib Daoudy, a member of the short-lived U.N. commission that had been formed to investigate the former Shah's reign, traveled to Tehran to lobby for a revival of that initiative on behalf of U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim...