Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...terms of intellectual development. She contends that some children with siblings are even worse brats. "They beat their elder brothers," Mao says. "The decisive factor is not whether one is a single child. It is a question of parental attitude and education." As an ancient Chinese saying goes, "Bad parents produce bad children." Most single-child parents are survivors of the chaotic Cultural Revolution. Many failed to finish their own schooling, and they are often ill equipped to rear children properly. Some of these parents apply immense pressure on the children to succeed where they themselves have not. Many hire...
While in 1986 Italy was enjoying the fourth year of stable government under the leadership of Socialist Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, the specter of a return to the "bad old days" now looms large, particularly after the temporary fall of Goria's coalition in November. Laments Treasury Secretary Giuliano Amato: "Item by item, you go through the list of changes, and every plus is now a minus." After Goria offered his resignation, President Francesco Cossiga asked him to try again, and Goria quickly returned to office with a new vote of confidence. But the next political crisis was already waiting...
Even more distressing, Italians have awakened from the euphoria of their economic miracle to discover that many things are as bad as ever -- particularly government corruption and world-class inefficiency. In a best- selling new book called Lo Sfascio (literally, the crumbling, or collapse), Giampaolo Pansa, deputy editor of the daily La Repubblica, writes that Italy is coming apart at the seams, not because of the Red Brigades, Middle East terrorists or civil war, as was once feared, but because of its own political . follies and foibles. Describing the everyday struggle of Italians to get driver's licenses, business permits...
...does a candidate handle bad news? If he cleaves to a shoot-the-messenger philosophy, he is likely to fill the White House with disciples of Dr. Pangloss, zealously protecting him from reality until it is too late...
...particularly appealing. Galoob's Mr. Gameshow ($129) features Gus Glitz, a fast-talking, lacquer-haired impresario who stands atop a blinking, bleeping game board and hosts homemade variations on Wheel of Fortune and other word games. With microphone flailing and jaw flapping, Mr. Gameshow dishes out play money and bad jokes with equal largesse: "Nice jacket. Who shot the sofa...