Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last summer, when I asked him if leadership didn't demand that he at least remind seniors that they get far more out of Social Security than they pay in, Dole said, "I'm not gonna tell them that. There's something called suicide, you know." To deal with the obvious solvency questions, Dole mused about a means test for benefits and an increase in the retirement age but signaled clearly that he wasn't eager to risk burning himself again...
...will be his inaugural speech in May, when he may propose new talks with Beijing, and most experts believe the offer will be accepted. The Chinese may detest Lee, but he is the popular leader of a land that is prosperous, stable and free, and they will have to deal with him for years to come...
...plummeted because of new competition from Iowa. In New Orleans the gargantuan hulk of a half-built casino, slated to be the world's largest, sits rusting on the edge of the French Quarter. The builder, Harrah's Jazz Co., is bankrupt, done in by an overly optimistic tax deal with the state. Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, once a gambling booster, now wants to outlaw both casinos and video poker...
...Turner and Rupert Murdoch are no longer the world's most eccentric media moguls. MICHAEL JACKSON has announced a deal to create Kingdom Entertainment, "one of the best global entertainment multinational organizations in the world," with PRINCE AL-WALEED BIN TALAL BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-SAUD, nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. The Prince, who seems to favor working with troubled operations (he already owns part of Euro Disney and London's Canary Wharf), says he wants to provide the world with family-oriented entertainment, from theme parks to concert tours, including Jackson's. For now at least, attracting publicity...
...fact, this was an odd TV moment when parody and plug became one. The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show was intended to be an ironic resurrection of 1950s-style brand-name TV shows like The Lux Video Theatre or The U.S. Steel Hour. The deal originally struck between ABC and Pepsico, Taco Bell's parent company, was that each week a different member of the Pepsi family would serve as "both title and target" for Carvey's wry satire, positioning the sponsor as quite the cool dude for rope-a-doping a few edgy punches...