Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world. Dukakis believes in the rule of law, and he favors negotiation over chest-beating. He even speaks the language of much of the rest of our hemisphere. Central to his vision of the world is a commitment to human rights. Dukakis would make South African apartheid a target, and he would not continue aid to the contras...
...aristocratic Vice President would seem like an ideal target. Son of a Wall Street banker and U.S. Senator. Andover. Yale. Kennebunkport. What could be easier? But Bush reversed the normal equation. The man with four names jettisoned his g's, touted his taste for pork rinds and successfully put himself across as a regular guy. Bush persuaded voters to forget his background by pushing to the foreground the themes of cultural, not economic, populism: patriotism (the flag and the Pledge) and toughness on crime. His campaign has cynically mined the white fears and racism that feed this form of cultural...
...time leveraged buyout is one of the cleverest financial gimmicks of all time. An investor group, which often includes some of the target company's top managers, borrows billions to take the firm private by buying its stock from the shareholders. The company's own assets are used as security for the financing. After the deal is completed, the new owners usually try to bring their debt down to a manageable level -- and pick up enormous profits along the way -- by selling off parts of the company piecemeal. In the case of RJR Nabisco, the total market value of popular...
...trying to target only one group [athletes]," said Suarez. "Unfortunately, the majority of reported homophobia incidents involve athletes and frats. We want to solve the problem...
...rescued from this seemingly inescapable morass of insipidity by four very engaging performances. In particular, Jim Thompson (Ricky) manages his part with an enviable bravado and an impeccable sense of timing, and Kim Carnesale (Cheryl) radiates a placid yet compelling sensuality. Likewise, the one-liners frequently hit the target, and the "boys' talk" is devastatingly accurate...