Word: help
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...beginning of the year, the Administration was counting on the summit to help advance its German policy. The meeting , predicted one presidential adviser, was going to be "Christmas in spring," with Bush in the role of Santa Claus. Gorbachev would go home in triumph, laden with so many honors and agreements that his countrymen would barely notice he had let the U.S. have its way on Germany...
...began, the two aliens, sponsored by animal importer Andy Koffman, managed nothing better than a puny 7-ft. 10-in. leap in the finals -- even though one of them jumped twice. Winner of the spirited annual commemoration of Mark Twain's yarn The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: Help Mr. Wizard, a homegrown Concord, Calif., bullfrog who jumped a quite respectable 19 ft. 3 in. The prize for the best alibi went to Koffman, who insisted that his big frogs, accustomed to the equatorial tropics, just got cold feet. Said he: "They're not used to the weather...
...Sandinistas peacefully transferred power to the opposition that had defeated them, the superpowers had reason to celebrate. They had shown they could work together to solve the toughest conflicts. That cooperation is continuing now in an effort to end the war in El Salvador, and eventually it might help solve the thorniest problem of all in the hemisphere: the rancorous dispute between the U.S. and Cuba...
...linkage, but cooperation was the key to their goals as well. "As we have said," Komplektov explained, "we want to deny you the image of us as your enemy. Our desire to become respected by the international community is central to our efforts at home, because it will help us integrate into the world economy." From this perspective, Soviet-American cooperation anywhere serves Moscow's interests. Moreover, the Soviets genuinely wanted to reduce their overextended position in Central America, and Esquipulas, because it had regional legitimacy, offered both superpowers an honorable way to defuse their rivalry in the area...
...afford a power tie shouldn't despair about finding work -- or natty clothes. Bergdorf Goodman, the ultra-tony Manhattan retailer, thinks displaced brokers would have a knack for peddling $1,000 suits on Fifth Avenue. To staff a new men's store, Bergdorf courted former financial pitchmen in a help-wanted ad in the Wall Street Journal: "From brokering to banking, if you've a proven track record in sales, the new Bergdorf Goodman Men's Store offers a career opportunity that is at once exciting and rewarding." Bergdorf says it swiftly received more than 100 applications for the jobs...