Word: surely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ROBBIE ROBERTSON: ROBBIE ROBERTSON (Geffen). The Band's guiding light, finally stepping out on his own after eleven years and making sure it was all worth the wait...
...Khrushchev years. Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) may turn out to be less "irreversible" than Gorbachev proclaims them to be. Even so, his reforms can no longer be dismissed as a mere matter of style, of a telegenic new face in the Kremlin. Gorbachev is that, to be sure. Also a dedicated Communist. Also a ruthless political opportunist. In 1987 he became something more, a symbol of hope for a new kind of Soviet Union: more open, more concerned with the welfare of its citizens and less with the spread of its ideology and system abroad. For fanning that hope...
...older woman strides confidently through the local headquarters of the American Association for Retired Persons and looks straight at the television camera. "AARP's 27 million members believe that together, we can make a difference," she says. "We'll make sure you know what the candidates say -- and what they don't say -- about issues." Her tone is sweetly reasonable. But just to make sure those video-dazed viewers in Iowa and New Hampshire sit up and listen, she shakes her spectacles at them and adds, "If you think you've seen it all, you ain't seen nothin...
...pound each other with salvos of briefs and appeals. Last week the war came to an end. Both sides announced that they had reached an agreement to settle the historic dispute that drove Texaco into bankruptcy court and has already generated about $100 million in legal fees, with more sure to come...
...mediator. In November, Icahn became Texaco's largest shareholder by gaining control of 12.3% of its stock. Then he began a round of shuttle diplomacy between Liedtke and Kinnear. Icahn knew that his holdings, plus a 2% stake in Pennzoil, would surge in value if a deal was struck. Sure enough, as word of the settlement leaked last week, Texaco shares rose 8%, to 38 1/2, while Pennzoil stock jumped...