Word: gold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kris Karlson, the first American to win two gold medals at the world championships, will also be on hand...
...addition to the champions of today, several champions from long ago will be on board Sunday to see if the ole stroke is still there. The 1964 U.S. Olympic men's eight will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their gold medal at Tokyo by racing none other than the 1968 USSR Olympic men's eight, who have come all the way from Lithuania to race the Americans...
...Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand to the booming compact-disc format. Along with the wave of CDs from other companies, the CBS discs helped boost sales of Sony CD players from 2.9 million machines in 1987 to an estimated 6.5 million this year. Sony expects its musical gold mine to give the same boost to its new digital audiotape players...
...Lovers' World, features 15 banquettes where couples can smooch in privacy. Even the People's Liberation Army has got into the act. Knowing that . swank hotels are truly the country's most exotic tourist attractions, the P.L.A. is a co-owner of Beijing's poshest, the Palace, where two gold-colored Rolls-Royce Corniches are available for special guests...
Bloomingdale's plans to mount its usual theatrical holiday display of luxury goods. But by the time the gold, frankincense and furs are gone, the mecca for wealthy consumers may be yielding its profits to a new owner. Campeau, meanwhile, must find more ways to meet $1 billion in annual interest payments. Says retailing analyst Walter Loeb: "He's going to have to sell more than just Bloomingdale's to get out of the hole he's dug for himself...