Word: warred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from those holdings when the new owners sell off parts. The closing of the takeover deal earlier this month meant that RJR stock was worth $109 per share--quite a bit more than than the $56 per share it was worth on the market before the highly-publicized takeover war began, but that's the magic of buyouts...
GENERAL Secretary Gorbachev's proposal presents a challenge to our leaders, and specifically to President-elect George Bush, to overcome the Cold War-entrenched prejudices of the 1950's and look towards the achievement of peace and common understanding in the 1990's. Though the staff position acknowledges this need for bilateral cooperation and courageous policy making, its language remains caught up in rhetoric and paranoia more appropriate to old red baiters than to present-day proponents of peace...
...would ask both Gorbachev and Bush to put the fundamental prejudice and rhetoric of the Cold War ideology behind them, to stop questioning motives and prodding for false bottoms. Instead, our leaders should look towards new possibilities for disarmament, trust and world peace...
...whatever one thinks of Gorbachev's motives, everyone must agree that Gorbachev's program for peace presents an unparalleled opportunity for the two superpowers to continue thawing the cold war. If he perseveres, Gorbachev will have taken a large step toward a lasting peace and toward his goal of preserving "the vitality of this civilization...
...noses out of joint with his grisly NBC special on satanic cults. Male strippers flaunted their pecs and pelvises in the ABC movie Ladykillers, while NBC's The F.B.I. Murders culminated in perhaps the longest and bloodiest shoot-out in TV history. Even the classy ABC mini-series War and Remembrance turned off some viewers with its graphic scenes of Nazi atrocities...