Word: steals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet leader also showed that with the magnetism of his personality and the crackle of his ideas, he remains the most commanding presence on the world stage. He is the one performer who can steal a scene from Ronald Reagan, and he did; as they viewed the Statue of Liberty, the visiting Communist played the self-confident superstar while Reagan ambled about like an amiable sidekick and Bush lapsed into the prenomination gawkiness that used to plague him whenever he stumbled across Reagan's shadow. Afterward, Mikhail and Raisa's foray into Manhattan provoked more excitement than any other visit...
...defense, there's the steal Bird made in the waning seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 series against Detroit. The Pistons had the game won, but Bird picked off the inbound pass and hit Dennis Johnson for the winning layup...
...businesses," a source close to the board said, "and there was more protection for RJR employees under the KKR offer." Moreover, the informant added, while the Johnson group said it would reduce its initial stake in RJR after the takeover from 8.5% to 4%, "they were still trying to steal the company...
Strategic advantage can vanish quickly as the Soviets steal or copy military technology and turn it against its inventors. McNamara suggests that "it takes the Soviets on the average only four years to catch up" to U.S. advances -- and then the weapons may pose more of a threat to Americans than to the Soviets...
...Several [students] were apprehended," University Police Services Supervisor Robert McNichol told The Daily Collegian. "They steal the small trees which are in between the larger trees, or cut off the tops of trees because they are geometrically perfect...