Word: vans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...General Bernard Trainor called a limited conventional war with the U.S.S.R. "almost inevitable" at "some point in our lifetime." The President's reply: any idea that war cannot be avoided is "one of the most dangerous things in the world." -By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Bruce van Voorst/Washington
...most surprising is the tears. Such as those that came to the eyes of the young boy watching from a bed in front of a Connecticut hospital when the runner paused by his side and let him hold the torch. Even Joey Glenn, a 15-year-old in a Van Halen T shirt who hardly seems the crying type, admitted that the sight of the proud flame made him feel like "crying for America" as he watched from the dry roadside in Collinsville, Texas. Almost as surprising is the excitement: the deaf children in West Virginia who each...
...Corp. (1983 sales: $20 million), a Dallas mailorder sporting goods house. Seventeen years ago, Blumenfeld was laid off from his job as an industrial-guard supervisor. Noticing that tennis nets on public courts were often in tatters, the fledgling entrepreneur loaded 100 new nets into his Volkswagen van and set out on his first sales trip, returning a few weeks later with a $4,000 profit. Today, BSN markets more than 2,000 items, including golf clubs and tennis wear, and its payroll has blossomed from 21 workers to 250 in the past five years. Says Blumenfeld...
...constitutional scholars said that both the jubilation and despair were exaggerated. Duke University Law Professor William Van Alstyne argued that it was "quite a narrow decision" that applies only to situations in which legitimate seniority systems are in place. Other experts agree with Van Alstyne that affirmative-action quotas and goals would still be legal as long as they do not result in the displacement or demotion of white workers...
Reported by Jane Van Tassel/New York