Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bhutan arrows whistle through the silent air. Citizens, dressed by law in medieval robes, saunter past buildings, constructed by law in traditional fortress style. There is no television yet in the Hidden Kingdom, and airlines first arrived during the '80s. Last year the country saw scarcely 1,500 tourists (or roughly the same number that pour into Disneyland every hour...
...pounding heart of every rave is the galvanizing, metronomic beat of techno, a term coined to describe an intensely synthetic, hyperkinetic form of dance music that was born in Detroit during the mid-'80s. A fusion of the futuristic computer-driven sound of European bands like Kraftwerk and the rhythmic possibilities of computer-controlled keyboards, techno caught on first in Britain and Belgium, where it became the sound track for marathon "acid house" parties...
When oil profits ebbed in the early '80s, Abedi and the bank turned increasingly to weapons dealing, drug-money laundering and capital flight to keep operations afloat. The bank also became enmeshed in intelligence operations with several nations, including the U.S., which effectively shielded Abedi from unwelcome scrutiny as he perfected bribery and extortion as business tools. B.C.C.I. thereafter grew faster than ever...
Many producers mention the proximity of WGBH, a major public television broadcasting company in Allston. WGBH provided a lot of work for free-lance filmmakers in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, says Schwartz. Independent filmmakers following the "pattern," he says, would work as freelancers at WGBH, leave to pursue their own projects, and them return to the company. Much of the freelancing "pool" at WGBH was made up of Cantabrigians, he says...
There are lots more reasons why few firms are willing to hang out HELP WANTED signs. The mountain of debt that everyone from consumers to corporate chieftains took on in the '80s continues to hobble spending, and it forces companies to keep tight control of costs. At the same time, the overbuilding binge that glutted America's skylines with vacant buildings has pushed the construction industry into a depression and helped precipitate a general credit crunch. And the end of the cold war means that defense contractors could slash as many as 900,000 jobs over the next six years...