Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...satisfied to stand still, Tisch hankered after the bigger, bolder deal. In 1960 he found a worthy object for his ambition in Loew's Theatres, a chain of 118 movie houses. Like many a later Tisch target, the company was undervalued. Reason: many of the theaters rested on prime city real estate, whose worth was not reflected in the stated, or book, value of the firm. After taking over the company, the brothers sold off the most valuable sites and renovated many of the remaining theaters...
...Minutes Host Mike Wallace and his bride of 2 1/2 months, Mary Yates. The already festive mood brightened considerably as an old Wallace friend telephoned over the news. There is little love lost for Wyman in CBS journalism circles, where the ex-chairman's decisions have been a target for strident criticism. Partygoers vied to congratulate a late arrival at the celebration: Laurence Tisch. Exulted one guest: "CBS has returned to its origins." Said 60 Minutes Correspondent Morley Safer: "It's back to the future. That's good news...
Incumbents' voting records are a popular target for sarcasm. "The character question cuts more deeply than specific issues in a lot of campaigns this year," says Washington Media Consultant Robert Squier. The trend got a big boost from Republican Mitch McConnell's wildly successful "bloodhound" spots for the Kentucky Senate race in 1984. The series of commercials starred jowly hunting dogs in hot pursuit of Democratic Incumbent Walter Huddleston. The dogs searched everywhere for the supposedly lackadaisical Huddleston, in his district office and other places where one would be likely to find an assiduous Senator. In the last spot...
...which include internal bleeding and retention of fluid in the tissues. Indeed, the large doses of the substance required to supplement the LAK cells caused at least one test subject to die of lung failure. LAK cells, it turned out, are primitive weapons, difficult to direct at a single target. They are like a "rocket that just goes off," says Dr. Ellis Reinherz, of Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as opposed to "one with a guidance system." Scientists had long known of cells in the body with such guidance systems but assumed the cells to be either...
David Eisenhower is on target in Volume I of Grandfather Ike' s brilliant career. -- Ernie Pyle' s dispatches offer a worm' s- eye view...