Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West Germany to spur its economy. The standoff between Baker and his West German counterpart, Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg, eased slightly, aided by an announcement from the German central bank that it would cut two of its less important interest rates. If Bonn were to follow up * on that step and reduce its prime interest rates, there would be less pressure on the dollar. Reason: the greenback has been declining because U.S. interest rates have lately been falling in comparison with those of West Germany and other countries. Moreover, lower interest rates could stimulate Germany's appetite for American products...
...Step off the scales, America. You've got a new worry: body fat. Today fitness fanatics across the country are discovering what athletes and their trainers have long known: when it comes to fitness, what counts is not how much you weigh, but how much of you is fat. The FBI and the Secret Service as well as the Army and Navy routinely measure body fat in fitness evaluations. So do some local police and fire departments. At one health club in New York City, says Hair Stylist Kevin Mancuso, "instead of everyone competing to have the biggest build...
...unforgivable. This is a lesson for all generations." Yet Gorbachev tempered his criticism by noting "Stalin's incontestable contribution to the struggle for socialism," and seemed to diminish the extent of Stalin's crimes by numbering his victims in the thousands, rather than millions. Nonetheless, Gorbachev took an unprecedented step. Although Khrushchev had attacked Stalin's legacy with far more passion and detail 31 years earlier, his speech was never published in the Soviet Union; Gorbachev's was carried live on nationwide radio and television...
...Scientist Stephen Cohen, however, called Gorbachev's performance a "major speech" that "attacked the entire mythology of Stalin." Said Cohen: "Gorbachev showed that he is absolutely defiant, but embattled. He's protecting himself because he's regarded by his critics as a zealot. But he didn't take a step backward...
...came to the attention of two emerging bureaucratic stars: Caspar Weinberger and Frank Carlucci, director and deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Powell was recruited into their inner circle, and has risen with his bosses ever since. Last week Lieut. General Powell, 50, took another large step upward, succeeding Carlucci to become Ronald Reagan's sixth National Security Adviser...