Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know John, the Granary Trust pamphlet was written as if the trust had been formalized already, to give us some idea of how to go about...
Fears of a diabolical conspiracy to exterminate blacks have been around for decades, but seldom have they been believed by so many people. The idea is catching on, though even the most wild-eyed conspiracy mongers concede they have no evidence to support their claims. When filmmaker Spike Lee appeared on ABC's Nightline, for example, Ted Koppel asked him to back up his charge that it is "no mistake that a majority of drugs in this country is being deposited in black and Hispanic and low-income neighborhoods." Lee could point only to a scene in the movie...
...which eventually became Coming to America. Buchwald went to see the picture while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, and was struck by its similarity to his proposal. Murphy, who received screen credit as the creator of the story, testified in a written deposition last month that he conceived the idea for the film in the wake of a painful romantic breakup. But Judge Harvey Schneider ruled that the parallels were substantial and that Paramount and Murphy had known about Buchwald's original story, although he stressed that his verdict was in no way meant to "disparage the creative talent...
...Chamber of Commerce, endorses lower taxes for both capital gains and Social Security, as do the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the conservative Heritage Foundation, Bush's favorite think tank. Says Donald Leavens, a budget expert for the U.S. Chamber: "How can you go against such a good idea? It's populist, and it will do a lot for economic growth...
Canadian developer Robert Campeau became the most powerful retailer in the U.S. when he acquired Allied Stores and Federated Department Stores in the 1980s takeover wars. But his domain totters on bankruptcy, and Campeau has been relieved of command. -- Art Buchwald wins a court claim that he provided the idea for the blockbuster Coming to America, but how much will he be paid? -- After an oil spill in New York and New Jersey, Exxon faces more flak...