Word: zenith
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cedar is the symbol of Lebanon, especially associated with the mountains. Like the cedar, Bashir Gemayel was a product of Mount Lebanon. The cedar grows and flourishes in harsh surroundings, in unfriendly weather, and so did Bashir Gemayel. He lived in a tough and uncompromising world, reached its zenith, and was felled...
...their own eyes than any other person in the history of our earth. In this land, Christianity claims the prime allegiance of vast numbers of the population. Count up all the people who go to church on Sunday (not to mention all the people who go to church via Zenith and Sony) and you have the greatest social mobilization America knows. It's more popular than football, even, and its always in season. And where is the American church strongest? Where can you find three meetinghouses in a block, all filled on the Sabbath? Right in the conservative heartland that...
...Volcker stood near the zenith of a brilliant career in international banking and, as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, commanded a salary of $110,000 yearly. Upon accepting Jimmy Carter's appointment in July of 1979 to become chairman of the Fed, Volcker moved to Washington, took a 45% pay cut, to $60,000 yearly, and for the past 31 months has seen his family's finances deteriorate right along with those of much of the rest of the suffering American public...
...tough to say what it's going to take for a college squash player to stay in a match with Boyum, but the process hasn't been developed yet. Despite his opponent's preparation, Boyum blew Khan off of any mental zenith he may have achieved, 15-12, 15-6, 15-10. Both players charmed out a great deal of energy, but Boyum expanded his a great deal more wisely, letting Khan's screaming groundstrokes play themselves out against the back wall, eluding his terodactyl reach with oh-so-nice drop shots, and crushing unmanageable serves to the older...
...looked like a crisis that could be dealt with only by an expert in the tire industry. But the board of directors unexpectedly went outside the business and chose John Nevin, 54, the silver-haired chairman of Zenith Radio Corp., to head Firestone. Nevin was not a total stranger to Firestone's world. Earlier in his career, he had been general manager of Ford Motor Co.'s parts division. Says he: "I knew tires and tire companies well...