Word: spinned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...split the company into two pieces, the Nabisco Brands food group and the R.J. Reynolds tobacco firm--was ultimately rejected by skeptical stockholders. "I think it was...an issue of character," said tobacco-industry analyst Ellen Baras at the time. "I think there are people who would support a spin-off of Nabisco, but not by LeBow." One of the prime factors was LeBow's dubious reputation as a manager. In 1994 his own shareholders had sued him, claiming he had taken millions of dollars in improper loans; LeBow settled out of court...
After a Friday session that was both congenial and contentious, the two Presidents emerged with their good humor intact. At the wrap-up news conference, Clinton perched in his wheelchair next to Yeltsin, watching warily to see how the Russian would spin the summit. Yeltsin chose to be unsmiling but soothing. He said he still thought expanding NATO "is a mistake, and a serious one at that." Even so, he was sure he and "Bill," as he chummily called Clinton, would be able to resolve all the outstanding issues. He announced that the two sides would negotiate an agreement that...
...exhibit is rounded off by a small collection of posters from the International Festival of Angouleme, France's annual comic-strip exposition--usually attended by over a hundred thousand people in the course of its four-day run--and a much larger collection of comic albums and spin-off products from France and its cultural neighbors. The commercial products range from the predictable (watches, keychains, slippers) to the completely startling (massive commemorative etched-glass slabs, bottles of wine). Amusing as these are, the overall effect of the exhibit is somewhat disappointing, partly due to an evident lack of support...
...Ireland, key group of Protestants agreed not to stage a march through a Catholic neighborhood. The Apprentice Boys Order, whose marches last year incited several days of Catholic violence, announced that they would avoid Lower Ormeau Road during its Easter Monday parade. The announcement had a strong element of spin: "Assuming the Royal Ulster Constabulary will not allow us to parade our traditional route on Easter Monday, especially with the escalation of violence at the present time, it would be wrong of us to provide another excuse for confrontation," the group's statement read. The announcement was warmly greeted...
...gone from a weekly series to one that airs six times a week (Monday through Saturday, 8 p.m. et). The show's 1996 ratings were its highest ever, and it regularly draws 11,000 more viewers each week than CNN's hit Larry King Live. Success has led to spin-offs. Late last year A&E launched Biography for Kids. In January the network started a monthly magazine, also titled Biography, filled with profiles and quizzes like "Who Am I?" (sample question: "I became a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and in 1853 was appointed Secretary of War under President Franklin...