Word: toasts
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THIS IS NOT THE FIRST time Reagan has failed to pay attention to his foreign policy. At one point in Reagan's 1982 visit to Latin America he called for a toast to "the people of Bolivia," even though he was in Brazil. The president attempted to explain away the error by saying that Bolivia was his next stop when, in fact, Columbia was his next stop and he was not scheduled to visit Bolivia...
...everyone felt inclined to toast the year. Farmers and oil-industry workers suffered painful contractions in their industries. Thousands of employees in corporate America lost their jobs as big companies cut staff and dumped subsidiaries to limit their vulnerability to Wall Street's rampaging takeover artists. For Big Business, the attacks by corporate raiders were compounded by withering charges that large corporations have become overgrown and afraid to take risks...
...days after the announcement of the stock offering, executives at the soft-drink giant's Atlanta headquarters had another reason to toast themselves with Coca-Cola -- or champagne. Wendy's International, the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain, announced that all of its 1,212 company-owned fast-food outlets would switch the cola they sell from Pepsi to the "Real Thing...
Really, though, how else should one reply to scathing statements like "Napoleon Duarte probably thinks a putter is what you put on toast and a tee is something you wear." Powerful stuff...
...eyes are on John Harvard and the school that his legacy begot, Dr. Robert Harvard Davis will miss all of this week's fanfare. Back home in Cardiff, Wales, one of the few living descendants of 17th century minister plans to commemorate the 350th by drinking a simple toast to his now-famous ancestor...