Word: victor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev declared that the time had come to "literally rap inefficient executives on the knuckles." One of the first to feel the pain was Victor Fyodorov, 73, Petrochemical Industry Minister for the past two decades, who was taken to task for a "careless attitude." The General Secretary noted sarcastically that Fyodorov had promised "that he would rectify his shortcomings. But evidently he does not keep his promises." The party Central Committee, Gorbachev declared, "has given instructions that the matter should be thoroughly investigated." Few doubted that the veteran bureaucrat was being invited to consider clearing out his ministerial desk...
...expanding governmental powers, limitations on free enterprise, and unfair burdens on the American family. A firm believer in the worth of his own crusades, Ronald Reagan has joined a battle that excites him. It is quite possible that if he wins, the embattled U.S. taxpayer may wind up a victor...
...Another victor was a Getty heir with the unlikely name Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramaphone Getty, an ally of the Georgettes' in the legal battle. Tara, the son of Eugene Paul Getty and grandson of J. Paul, turned 17 on the day the settlement was reached. The teenager stands to inherit a chunk of the trust's assets on the death of the last of J. Paul's three surviving sons. The settlement calls for Tara to begin immediately receiving $250,000 in annual income...
...when the Nation obtained a copy of Ford's manuscript from an undisclosed source and quickly put together a summary of 2,250 words, 300 of which were direct quotations. The chosen quotes featured the ex- President's defense of his pardon of Richard Nixon, and Nation Editor Victor Navasky argued that Ford's own words on the pardon and other subjects were "hot news." The book's publishers, Harper & Row and Reader's Digest, sued, charging that Navasky had violated the copyright laws and stolen former President Ford's right to determine the time and place for first publication...
...comment on his expansive style that he was nicknamed "Supremo" by staffers during World War II, when he served as Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia. To the royal family he was "Dickie" (though Richard was not one of his string of given names, which were Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas). He was the last Viceroy of India, who in 1947 presided over the fade-out of the British raj. He went out of this world at 79 (blown up in 1979 by I.R.A. terrorists while boating in Donegal Bay) as Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma...