Word: slews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...setting. Unlike the grand and spacious Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, where John and Robert Kennedy had launched their bids for the White House, Room 4232 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building is small and comparatively humble. Packed inside with a slew of Kennedy family members were the usual political retainers and loyal supporters, gathered together for the occasion: not the launching but the scuttling of a presidential bid. Announced Edward Kennedy last week: "I will not be a candidate for President of the United States...
Like it or not, the "People" section is America-But so, one might note, are a whole slew of magazines dedicated t the heady stuff of glamorous gossip-People, Us, The National Enquirer, and others. Why don't i read them? These mindless mags may contain the same tasty tidbits Time brings us, but they suffer from another peculiarly American phenomenon, overkill. There's just too much there, and besides, the average Time reader has qualms about sporting a copy of this week's Enquirer on the coffee table. There are image problems...
...year, and he lived very well. He established a free-spending corporate style, flying the expensive Concorde on his numerous trips across the Atlantic and often insisting on being met at airports, just like the Detroit executive he used to be. De Lorean dabbled in a slew of other businesses, from snowmobiles to buses, and left a trail of corporations registered in Nevada and Michigan. In time, he seemed to lose interest in running the automobile business, and was seldom seen in Belfast. One Wall Streeter who observed the goings-on at De Lorean's company summed things...
Lennon's death brought the predictable slew of tributes. In American, tragedy usually also means profit, and manuscript after manuscripts chronicling the Beatle legend found its way into print. Most, hastily written, were garbage. Thankfully, the editors of the authorities rock magazine Rolling Stone took their time and only recently released a collection of interviews with and essays on the most controversial Beatles. The Ballad of John and Yoko is a captivating work, at once passionate and thought out, loving and objective. And it features some of the best writing on rock to be found anywhere...
...share) horse-investment deals for years. Says she: "It's smart to pool your resources with a lot of other people. You can get in on eight or nine horses for the price of one." Every small-timer remembers that Triple Crown Winner Seattle Slew was bought by comparative newcomers for $17,500 and syndicated for $12 million. The Thoroughbred market of today, however, resembles the publishing industry: the blockbusters are fine, while the middling books are in trouble. The Wall Street Journal recently checked out 26 horse-investing partnerships formed in 1977-79. Twelve made a profit, nine...