Word: toasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When we see Lilah's family life, we understand why she runs away to the club every night. One particularly awful morning, Lilah battles the tangles in one daughter's hair while making French toast, trying to locate lost socks and arguing with her husband, John (John Goodman). Goodman gives a solid but dislikable performance as he grills his wife about her nocturnal whereabouts and lambastes her for being late to prepare dinner...
...their own countries. The Japanese press has concentrated on trade and economic issues, while the South Africans are almost single-mindedly focused on the question of American sanctions. This year's campaign has received unusually wide coverage in the Philippines because of George Bush's now famous 1981 toast commending President Ferdinand Marcos for his "adherence to democratic principles and to democratic processes...
...Moet-Hennessy, the esteemed producer of champagne, Cognac and perfume, agreed in June 1987 to merge with Louis Vuitton, the equally upscale maker of luggage and handbags bearing the distinctive LV trademark. After the deal was signed, the top executives of the two French firms raised champagne glasses to toast their new creation, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, one of the world's largest luxury-goods conglomerates (projected 1988 revenues: $2.6 billion...
Time was when T. Boone Pickens was the toast of Texas, a relentless raider who could outwit all those corporate bigwigs back East. Lately, though, Pickens' lone star seems to have fallen. His efforts to take over Homestake Mining, a leading gold producer, and KN Energy, a natural-gas company, have fizzled. Because of the continuing slump in the oil patch, profits at his Mesa Limited Partnership have dropped from $70.6 million in 1986 to $31.9 million in 1987, a performance so poor that Pickens has had to borrow money to pay dividends...
Glad-handing Steve Cruz had a better night. He tied for third place and won an invitation to return for the monthly finals. "It really was my night. I sang at the Apollo, and they liked me," Cruz said over a Dixie Cup toast. "Tonight I really was the One and Only Steve Cruz. Tremendous...