Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bad Times in Morenci
Afterward she is satisfied with the morning's work. She breezes through an interview with two local reporters, enjoys a private lunch with personal friends and seems elated on the plane going home. Bad weather makes the flight bumpy, but Nancy stands most of the way, kidding with her assistants...
...economic crisis deepened. The Bank of Israel announced that the country's foreign debt had increased by $550 million, to $21.5 billion, in the first six months of 1983 and that foreign currency reserves had dropped for the third straight month to a mere $230 million. The bad news prompted panic selling of shekels and buying of foreign currencies, especially dollars. Early last week the government was forced to close the Tel Aviv stock exchange to stem the heavy sales of shekels...
Like so many victims of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Morgan MacDonald, 27, has had his good periods and his bad as the disease runs its course. Last month officials at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., pronounced him "well enough to walk," and spent three weeks looking for an extended-care facility that could handle his needs. They could find none. Finally, Shands got in touch with the AIDS/KS Foundation, a private group in San Francisco that helps those with the affliction. On Oct. 4, Shands paid for flying MacDonald, accompanied by a doctor and two social workers...
...week's end the Government announced that the high bidder was Dallas' Republic Bank (deposits: $11.9 billion). Republic assumed the bank's estimated 76,400 accounts and planned to reopen its doors this week; the FDIC will collect First National's bad loans. The passing of the institution into the hands of out-of-towners left some Midland residents gloomy. Said Mayor Thane Akins: "I feel like hanging a black wreath on my door." The merger was one of the largest commercial bank failures in U.S. history, based on the institution's deposits...