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--The country music industry took note of its top performers at the 22nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Goodtime Theater in Buena Park.
April 7, 1987
Sports
The sky didn’t fall on Riddick Bowe, but it was close.
Nov. 7, 1993
Politics
Poll: Majority think Paul, Gingrich should bow out
March 28, 2012
Business
Shareholders: Group says it received majority backing for nonbinding proposal on food unit. Tally may take three weeks.
Feb. 21, 1996
On Wall Street, they say only a certain type of takeover investor will seek control of tobacco companies.
Nov. 16, 1988
Olympics
Fisticuffs were out of the question, since it was a major mismatch.
March 30, 1988
World & Nation
The decision of Amadou M’Bow to retire from the leadership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a welcome one, a step on the long path to restoring the credibility and vitality of UNESCO.
Oct. 9, 1986
Profile: Renegade financier Bennett LeBow’s tobacco-suit settlement could help him get RJR Nabisco.
March 15, 1996
UNESCO leader Amadou Mahtar M’Bow won the first vote in his battle for a third term as director general of the Paris-based organization but failed to win a necessary majority of the agency’s 50-member executive board.
Oct. 8, 1987
Spain’s Federico Mayor Zaragoza was elected to head UNESCO by an overwhelming majority of its 158 members, ending the troubled 13-year tenure of Sengal’s Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, which was marked by the withdrawal of the United States and other countries.
Nov. 8, 1987