Word: toweringly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to White House memos printed in the Tower Commission report on the Iran-Contra arms deal, one purpose of an American visit to the Iranian capital of Tehran last May 25-28 was to deliver an intelligence briefing on Soviet military deployments near Iran...
...Tower commission report in an odd way not only defines the problem but sets up an opportunity. Ronald Reagan has yet another chance to be the President he once was. But it may take more attention and energy and devotion to this country than he has ever given before. In the end it may take what life he has left. But the Gipper surely knows about such things...
...their invasion of the U.S. property market, the Japanese have spent spectacular sums. Mitsui Real Estate Development paid $610 million for the Exxon Building in Rockefeller Center last December, the highest price ever fetched by a Manhattan office tower. Last November, Daiichi America Real Estate paid an all-time top price for U.S. retail space when it shelled out $94 million, or about $1,000 per square foot, for the Tiffany building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. Nissei Realty turned over an estimated $135 million last November for a half share of San Francisco's 38-story Crocker Bank Tower...
...biggest real estate megadeal in California history. Since September 1985, Shuwa has spent $2 billion to acquire some 12 million sq. ft. of property in the U.S., including two buildings in Century City, Calif., worth $235 million, Chase Plaza in downtown Los Angeles ($103 million) and the ABC tower in Manhattan ($175 million...
COVER: The Tower report rocks...