Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter discovered from the reaction to his ill-conceived "malaise" speech in 1979, it is harder to run on bad news than good...
...players. Coffee Connection (The Garage): Boasting a list of international brews longer that the course catalogue, the Coffee Connection is for the serious connoisseur who knows what he she wants. If you're stymied, try the Brazilian and branch, out from there. The cheese platters and desserts are not bad: the atmosphere's less languid than some true schmoozers would wish. Cafe Pamplona (12 Bow St.): One of the Square's chic spots, packed in the winter, Pamplona is the place to be seen, whether you're reading your favorite Russian or Sanskrit tomes; or just making the scene with...
...Storyville, in scenic Kenmore Square, both feature bad ambience and good local and national acts. The Rat is preferable for its recently opened bar and bistro just above the subterranean club...
...Though many bands that would play there go to the Cape in the summer, The Channel still offers some big name bands close-up. Popular reggae band Steel Pulse plays there Tuesday, New York poet-punk-heroin addict Jim Carroll on Thursday, Ministry on June 30, poppy ska band Bad Manners July 14, and the inevitable milking of the success of rock parody. This is Spinal Tap. The band will-play. The Channel July 7, and watching the audience may be more interesting than watching the show. One fears for our culture...
Schreyer, who is known for being decisive, will need to be. The company has been rocked by bad ventures. Last year Merrill Lynch spent $88 million to satisfy customers to whom it had sold annuities issued by Baldwin-United, which later went bankrupt. A career-long employee whose father was a Merrill Lynch broker in Williamsport, Pa., Schreyer recently led an extensive study of the company's problems. Dubbed SWAT, for Schreyer Working Team, the group found the firm had tried to serve too many different types of customers...