Word: von
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hinckley jury plainly did that. Unlike many celebrated murder trials, a not-guilty finding appealed to no constituency. There were none of the Southern racists who might have applauded the acquittal of James Earl Ray, none of the Rhode Island jet setters who would have loved to see Claus von Bulow go free...
...attending a summit meeting of the NATO countries. A widely distributed leaflet for the rally was strongly anti-American and anti-NATO; one placard read HEIL, RONALD REAGAN. But the mood of the crowd was as much pacifist as anti-Reagan, and unexpectedly relaxed. Said retired Dutch General M.H. von Meyenfeldt, who addressed the rally: "There are an awful lot of people out there who are here for the sun." Many speakers referred to Reagan's Bundestag remarks and challenged the President to prove that he is really ready, in Organizer Leinen's words, "to begin a crusade...
...that he had nothing to do with Schiavone's hiring detectives. Although he has done little to help the Reagan Administration gain labor support, the Secretary appears secure in his job, at least until Silverman completes his investigation. Donovan still has his defenders in the Administration, including Helene von Damm, President Reagan's influential personal secretary, who next week is being promoted to White House personnel director. Donovan helped her raise campaign funds for Reagan in New Jersey in 1980; she subsequently urged that he be appointed to the Cabinet. But a White House aide conceded that...
...idea that national governments, rather than churches, charities or extended families, might have to concern themselves with helping the old and the disabled is relatively new in history. Imperial Germany in 1889 enacted the first pension plan, financed by equal contributions from employers and employees, largely because Chancellor Otto von Bismarck saw it as a method to wean the masses away from socialism. As he explained candidly: "Whoever has a pension for his old age is far more content and far easier to handle than one who has no such prospect." Similar plans were adopted by most other major industrial...
...creative block. Guido Contini (Raul Julia) is a world-renowned movie mogul whose last three movies have been flops. He now has a contract for a new film and a producer, Liliane La Fleur (Liliane Monte-vecchi), who in her barbed tyrannical needling could pass muster as Erich von Stroheim in drag...