Word: see
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gorbachevite himself. He doesn't put it that way, nor does he like others to do so. But the fact remains that for the first time in 72 years, the U.S. has a stake in the survival and success of a particular Soviet leader. Bush does not want to see the Baltic laboratory blow up any more than do the people who live there. Therefore, the American President is plugging not just for the citizens of those tragic republics trapped by history within the Soviet Union, but also for the extraordinary scientist mixing his dangerous chemicals in the Kremlin...
...last Thursday, John Tingle, an employee at Louisville's Standard- Gravure Co., was startled to see a former co-worker. Joseph Wesbecker, 47, was carrying a duffel bag, an AK-47 rifle and a 9-mm handgun. "I told them I'd be back," Wesbecker growled at Tingle. "Back off and get out of the way." Tingle and several other workers quickly locked themselves in a bathroom, and Wesbecker took an elevator to the third-floor offices, looking for bosses or supervisors. Finding none, he worked his way downstairs, gunning down victims...
...unusual visibility and enormous popularity as one of Mikhail Gorbachev's most acerbic critics, still impressed Americans with his charm and appreciation of the U.S. His knack for an ingratiating riposte was apparent at John and Vicki Hardin's hog farm in Danville, Ind. "Would Mr. Yeltsin like to see some pigs?" the host asked. "I'd prefer to see some Americans," Yeltsin cracked, "but pigs will...
...yacht, the Trump Princess, at which local kids like to throw rocks. Even Al Glasgow, who has knocked around Atlantic City for 18 years and now publishes a newsletter on casinos, finds the picture cataclysmic. "It's not the end of the world, but you can almost see it from here," he says...
...Because of them, Atlantic City's tax base is 21 times as large as it was in 1976. In addition to all the new jobs, the casinos have generated more than $1.8 billion in tax revenue for the state, most of it earmarked for the elderly and handicapped. "People see the contrast between the facilities we've put up and the rest of the town, and they think, 'What happened? Why did these bastards not do what they were supposed to do?' The fact is, we did," says Carver. "We came here to produce the money...