Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...break the power of the image, we have only to break the power imagemakers. We have the authority to say how campaigns are run since the government gives each presidential candidate $40 million each. We should drastically lower the limits in campaign spending, particularly in regard to the use of television. At the very least, money won't be wasted on unproductive, distracting, nonsense...
...problems. While the Reagan Administration can claim credit for laying the groundwork for democracy in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, all three governments remain dependent on the support of military establishments that continue to exert considerable influence in civilian affairs. Death squads with links to the military still use guns to silence critics, making a mockery of the precepts of democratic dialogue and respect for human rights. And regionwide, the basic standard of living has sunk to the levels of the early 1970s...
...instead of reinforcing his agenda for reconciliation, economic growth and social reform. Washington also held Duarte -- and others in Central America -- to the pluralistic standards of North America at a time when the Latin tradition of the caudillo, or strongman, might have proved more effective. "The U.S. wants to use the rules of Anglo- Saxon culture to bring about changes in Latin culture," says Emilio Alvarez, an ophthalmologist in Managua. "It hasn't worked, and it won't work...
...best publicists know how to woo and use even the jackpot shows like Today and Good Morning America. A studio may let a show do a location report in exchange for multishow exposure when the film is released. Nowadays, the big stars expect more than at least three segments on the breakfast clubs; for a Clint Eastwood, the Today show should be renamed Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Says one studio publicity executive: "If you have a few Class A stars in a picture, you can play the two shows off each other until you get everything you want. On Steel...
...investors are worried that Manville's huge obligations could sap its spending on research and capital improvements. But the company will spend $150 million a year through 1991 to expand and modernize its plants. The ; streamlining has also produced an extra $200 million in cash that the company may use for acquisitions. Stephens, who says he would like to teach college when he leaves Manville, will have an eventful corporate odyssey to recount for his students...