Word: worldclass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last survivor of a wave of young, reformist big-city mayors elected in the 1960s, White initially brought an adventurous spirit to his aging, industrial home town. Armed with ambitious plans to build a "worldclass city," he sparked a downtown renaissance. It seemed too good to last, and it was. Bloody street clashes in the 1970s over court-ordered school busing were followed in 1980 by necessary but ineptly handled budget slashes. His reputation as a slick manager damaged, White went on the defensive. He indulged in a regal life-style that earned him the epithet "King Kevin...
This year Timberland made another advance on the advertising front with a poll of "worldclass sailors" that claimed to show overwhelming preference for its shoe. Crowed the headline: 151 WORLD-CLASS SAILORS PROVE SPERRY TOPSIDER IS LOSING ITS GRIP. Meanwhile, Timberland is happily handing out reprints of a Playboy "Fashion Guide" interview in which Conservative Columnist William F. Buckley Jr., a transatlantic sailor who always tries to put his right foot forward, calls Timberland's product "the world's most comfortable shoe." To prove that Timberland's popularity cuts across political lines, the accompanying letter notes that...
Festival President James W. McLamore, founder of Burger King, cast his ambitions even beyond the U.S., predicting that the three weeks of music, dance, drama and film would constitute a "worldclass event of world-class quality, with elements so rich and varied that it would have international appeal." State and local governments chipped in half of the $4.8 million budget, and new works were commissioned from a dozen or so major playwrights, composers and choreographers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Lanford Wilson, Gian Carlo Menotti, Lukas Foss, Ned Rorem and Geoffrey Holder. To give the festival a festive look...
...officials insist that in the next two months as many as 50 of the 142 countries invited to Moscow will decide not to go; so far only 25 nations have endorsed the boycott. Much depends on how fast the boycotters can organize their alternate games, which Cutler calls the "WorldClass International Sports Festival." He envisions a series of events next August and September in a number of locales around the world. Funding for the games, however, will be difficult to obtain. Cutler claims that revenues from TV coverage could help, but executives at NBC and ABC decline...