Yuppies then and now a self described tale of style and money
The author reflects on being a former Yuppie and contrasts past ideals with today’s money driven image. He recalls postwar identity, learning, restraint and disdain for wealth, then notes the shift to possessions as status symbols. He cites a Newsweek quote and mocks the stereotype with humor about Rolex watches and BMWs.
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Richard Nixon
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Lower East Side
Prairies
California
Newsweek Magazine
Reagan tough on Sandinistas in national news conference
President Reagan urged Sandinista leaders to “say uncle” and return to revolutionary goals, calling their regime brutal and lacking a legitimate argument. He defended aid to farmers, pressed for tax reform, and said the U.S. may reconsider SALT II terms as Congress debates emergency farm relief. He also signaled support for continuing aid to the contras under limits.
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Reagan
Nicaragua
David Stockman
Stockman
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America
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Senate
Reagan hails 1984 growth as strong economic harvest
The Department of Commerce revisions show a 4.9 percent quarterly growth in Q4 1984 and 6.9 percent for the year, inflation at 3.8 percent, with officials forecasting continued gains in 1985. President Reagan calls the results vindication of his policies and a rosier outlook.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Department of Commerce
White House
Reagan
Nuclear fuel melted at Three Mile Island core in 1979
Scientists disclosed that some fuel in the reactor core melted during the 1979 TMI accident. Rubble analysis indicates temperatures around 5100 degrees Fahrenheit, per EG&G Idaho project manager Harold Burton.
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Middletown
Three Mile Island
Harold Burton
TMI
Eg&g Idaho
U.S. Department of Energy
Gunmen kill Greek publisher in limousine attack
In Athens, two gunmen shot 11 rounds from .45 and .22 caliber weapons, killing publisher Nicholas Momferratos, 60, as he sat in his car in Kolonaki. The leftist group November 17 claimed responsibility, after previously announcing the assassinations of U S diplomats.
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Greece
U.S
Nicholas Momferratos
Kolonaki
Dusty mud coats cars across Southern California
Dust from a dry lake swept by 60 mph winds spattered hundreds of thousands of cars with white mud over more than 8 000 square miles of southern California. Dry dust continued to blow under sunny skies triggering a first stage particulate alert in Azusa and West Covina in the San Gabriel Valley.
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California
San Gabriel Valley
Azusa and
West Covina
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