Word: spectacularity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have stronger growth: 3% this year and 3.5% in 1987. As usual, Asian nations are expected to be the top performers. Japan, for one, will come roaring out of its doldrums, boosting growth from 1.8% this year to 5.7% in 1987. South Korea's economy will surge a spectacular 9% in 1986 before cooling ever so slightly to 8% next year. The most remarkable comeback story in the region may prove to be the resurgence of the Philippines after the revolutionary triumph of President Corazon Aquino. Bernardo Villegas, senior vice president of the Center for Research and Communication in Manila...
...military assistance called for Bolivian authorities to request the help. In practice, said a Defense Department official, "we sort of told 'em what to ask for." Even so, many Bolivian officials apparently expected to receive reconnaissance planes and helicopters similar to those provided outright to Mexico and Colombia. The spectacular arrival of troops, transport vehicles, trucks, tents and other supplies -- followed by reporters and camera crews trying to charter planes to follow the action -- left the country nonplussed. "All the publicity has been a little rough," said one official. "The operation is a little too Reagan- style, too Wild West...
...less than $100,000; $50,000 will buy a house that would go for five times that amount on the outskirts of Washington or in New York's Westchester county. The tree-shaded, flower-filled white suburbs are as glistening, and the shopping malls as spectacular, as ever. In the jammed parking lot of Sandton City, a luxury mall outside Johannesburg, the bumper sticker of a cream- colored Mercedes last week carried these words: WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, THE TOUGH GO SHOPPING...
...awards in the entertainment world to steady his nerves. "If you go into these things thinking it's going to be a Pollyanna situation, you won't survive," he observes. Nevertheless, the strain shows. After six months as Liberty Weekend chairman, creating a celebration that is part official, part spectacular and totally public, his normally tanned cheeks are almost as gray as his beard...
Adams anticipated the pomp and ceremony and would no doubt have appreciated Wolper's efforts to bring forth tears and goose bumps from the masses huddled around the New York City waterfront for Friday's spectacular fireworks. But he could not have imagined the 200 Elvis Presley look-alikes who will perform during Wolper's Sunday night finale. Nor could he have dreamed of spending up to $30 million for a party or making $10 million by auctioning off broadcasting rights to ABC television. He would be puzzled by the multifarious products with the Statue of Liberty imprint: Liberty charcoal...