Word: slicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some of the most eloquent and telling critiques of the Reagan Administration, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that those who would depose the man in the White House had better begin "by recognizing why Mr. Reagan has been so effective as President." The Teflon tag is a slick stump slogan and it may stick to Reagan, but it does not really explain the political struggle that is going...
...also been open knowledge in San Salvador that the Venezuelan Institute of Popular Education (IVEPO) has been used as a conduit for foreign assistance to the Christian Democrats. This became visible last February when Duarte's ill-funded party suddenly began using glossy posters, lavish billboards and slick TV ads. D'Aubuisson's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retaliated by running a newspaper ad accusing the Venezuelan government of meddling in Salvadoran affairs. On Saturday, in another full-page ad, ARENA directly charged the CIA with channeling funds to Duarte's campaign...
...means to be another kind of Pied Piper: leading grownups into the darkness of a moviehouse to restore, for a couple of hours at least, the innocence of childhood in all its wonder and terror. The wonder may reach as deep as E. T; the terror may be as slick and exhilarating as Temple of Doom's climactic underground tram ride. If Lucas and Spielberg ever do open a Star World, this combo of Disney World's Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railway rides should be the hottest attraction...
...become a little too slick. It's HSA it's natural to try to exploit this thing," says one former researcher who requested anonymity...
...conglomerate, after losing $1.5 million last year, cut its report by twelve pages and adopted a no-frills design. Much of A T & T's report is printed on paper almost as flimsy as the kind used in phone books. The company did away with most of the slick finish for its 4 million reports because it needed to include eight more pages, largely about the firm's breakup...