Word: abandons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these characters act with such reckless abandon is only vaguely explained by Hart. Anna's childhood was marred by the suicide of a brother who could not live knowing that she would see other men. She tries to deal with her grief by having affairs with various men, among them Martyn and his father...
...stir racial tension in the old Confederacy. Three years ago, 14 black state legislators in Alabama were arrested for attempting to remove the Confederate flag, symbol of a slaveholders' rebellion, at the state capitol. In 1983 black students at the University of Mississippi succeeded in forcing the school to abandon the flag as its emblem...
...whatever bombs or missiles happened to be available on the flight deck, rather than waiting for the ship's slow elevators to bring up ordnance specifically chosen for their mission. Pilot after pilot described attacks in which, after the first tank in a column was hit, the crews would abandon the others and set out on foot for home. Correspondents touring the road at week's end found mile after mile of blasted, twisted, burned, shattered tanks, trucks and other vehicles, many still incongruously carrying loot from Kuwait City: children's toys, carpets, television sets. Those Iraqi soldiers who reached...
Some Governors have pledged never to raise taxes and are instead cutting back on government spending. Others have resorted to tax increases while vowing not to abandon government's role of social engineer. But what many of these executives have in common is that they are wrapping their plans in the mantle of moral courage. "Let us make history as well as headlines by reinventing the way state government functions in this cradle of democratic capitalism," said William F. Weld, the newly elected Republican Governor of Massachusetts, in his inaugural address. From the ornate chamber of Connecticut's General Assembly...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is about to abandon his cooperative relationship with House Speaker Tom Foley over the issue of a cut in the Social Security payroll tax. Last year both leaders blocked the measure because they feared the tax-revenue loss might aggravate the budget deficit. Now Mitchell has changed his mind because he feels Democrats must do something to attract middle-class voters. With his support, a bill mandating a hefty $60 billion cut in the tax should pass easily this session in both houses...