Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the 700 Club program shows little expertise. At a debate Sunday night he claimed that the Soviets had placed 25 nuclear missiles in Cuba and in previous statements he has promised to send aid to Polish rebels and to make future wars short because "we could have won Vietnam in a week or two." To solve the budget deficit, Robertson favors a "year of jubilee" in which all debts would be forgiven and has proposed selling the U.S. Post Office to raise revenue...
...Club name Lucille Ball Woman of the Year in 1988? Ball deserves as many awards as the entertainment industry can hand out--she's a legend. Yet, in recent years, her TV projects have been few and far between. Her 1986 return to the sitcom world, Lucy, was a short-lived failure. Woman of the Past Four Decades, maybe, but not Woman of the Year...
...course, there are differences. The American child started after seeing an ice show; the Canadian was first attracted to hockey. As they matured, so goes the rinkside chatter, Boitano became the "technical" Brian, long on consistency, short on artistry. Orser is the "theatrical" Brian, capable of delivering explosive performances when he isn't unhinged by nerves. But such nugget-size insights are misleading. Boitano can also stun the crowd with his flare, and Orser can draw gasps for his technical brilliance. So when the battle of the Brians is settled in the Olympic Saddledome on Feb. 20, barring cataclysm, injury...
...triumph at Innsbruck. "It never goes away." She continues to make star turns on television. Meanwhile, Lake Placid Silver Medalist Linda Fratianne, Thomas' childhood favorite, has done seven years of ten-month tours for Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom on Ice. Since 1980, skating's three disciplines (school figures, short program, long program) have been reformulated. By today's measurements, Fratianne would have won the gold medal. "But sometimes I think my sanity is better off with the silver," she says. "My father used to send me a bouquet of flowers before every competition. The card always read...
...several treasures in London's Wallace Collection were unavailable, as were the four famous panels called The Progress of Love, 1771, which the artist created for Madame du Barry. Fortunately for residents of and visitors to New York, the panels are on permanent display at the Frick Collection, a short walk down Fifth Avenue from the Metropolitan...