Word: towers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company say Drexel Burnham has had to buy up all or part of several recent junk-bond offerings on its own account after they could not be sold to regular clients. In December the firm canceled a $1 billion deal to move its offices into the third tower of Manhattan's prestigious World Trade Center...
...Eyes of the Dragon is a medieval fantasy that drives over thin ice, and its strength is in its speed. Good Prince Peter is framed for regicide by Flagg, a wicked magician who could teach Merlin a few tricks. Once Peter is hauled away to a prison tower, Flagg's puppet, Thomas, rules with a combination of cupidity, naivete and wickedness. Will Thomas be deposed? Will Peter escape and regain the throne? Will he successfully confront Flagg -- or will the wizard disappear with a hearty "Aiiiiyyyyyyyyeeeeee?" Devotees of the King assembly line want no surprises and will receive none. Those...
...time could not be more ripe. Ronald Reagan, with his sale of arms to Iran, has proven his foreign policy morally bankrupt. He has discredited himself by resorting to underhanded methods of diplomacy devised in the White House basement in order to evade the will of Congress. The forthcoming Tower Commission Report threatens to expose him as a blatant liar What's more the contras themselves are engage in a damaging power struggle which threatens to rip asunder the United Nicaraguan Opposition, as well as the President's policy...
Practicing in the nude didn't inspire the men's team on to victory--it lost to Princeton over the weekend--but it did motivate the women's team to practice some exhibitionism of their own: "About eight girls jumped off the tower without suits on," said team member Karen E. Schneider...
Faced with sluggish economic growth and a mounting trade deficit, both Congress and the Reagan Administration hope to improve the nation's long term economic fortunes by sending more money to universities this year and in the near future. The administration is counting on technology developed in the ivory tower to provide America with an edge in foreign trade...