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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many military and political experts, including all those in key posts in the Reagan Administration, have come to accept vulnerability as an unhappy fact of life, fully justifying MX's price tag of as much as $100 billion. Also, concern over the Minuteman's jeopardy is at the core of a much more general anxiety: that U.S. defenses across the board have become vulnerable...
...main drawback to Uniqey is its plush price tag: about $200,000 for a 500-room hotel. But hotel executives predict that the traditional key may become as rare as bellboys with round red caps...
...Pentagon: the 9-mm will be "easier for women to deal with." The .45, which cost $25 in 1911, sold for $45 during World War II. Since the 9-mm model has yet to be chosen, and competitive bidding is still open, the Army does not have a price tag on its initial order of 220,000 The Pentagon will replace its 418,000 aging .45s and 136,000 surviving .38s over the next ten years. But the pistols, unlike old soldiers, will not fade away; they will be stored, sold overseas or donated to, well, marksmanship clubs...
...into Afghanistan last year for 60 Minutes, dubbing him "Gunga Dan," and noting that Rather's peasant garb "made him look like an extra out of Dr. Zhivago." Some viewers still cannot tune in ABC's Good Morning America Host David Hartman without thinking of Shales' tag for him: "Mr. Potato Head." The names stick. Just ask NBC's Tom Brokaw ("Duncan the Wonderhorse") or the people at ABC News ("Rooney Tunes"). Says ABC News President Roone Arledge: "He loves to make catchy little phrases that are belittling." Adds CBS News President Bill Leonard: "He uses...
...long ago, that amount of money went a long way towards the down payment on a new house in American suburbia. Next year, it will be the price tag for a year as an undergraduate at Harvard-Radcliffe--minus transportation, expenses and fees...