Word: badness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the crash, much was also made of the fact that Kennedy was flying with a bad ankle, having broken it while parasailing over the Memorial Day weekend. Those concerns may have been overstated. The Saratoga does have foot-pedal controls, which require at least some degree of ankle agility to operate. But they come into play only during takeoffs and landings, which are the riskiest parts of any flight. By all accounts, however, Kennedy had no trouble leaving the runway; sadly, he never got a chance to land...
...signature project, so he reserved the right to change anything around at the last minute." Bent on proving himself a serious person, he failed to take advice from more seasoned magazine people. "Sometimes he wouldn't see things that had the potential to make a very bad article." The product suffered, turnover was high, and ultimately the magazine ran into financial trouble...
...when you were J.F.K. Jr., so surrounded by tragedy, with a life so shaped by it, maybe you thought, "We've had our share. We've had more than our share. I'm going to get in a plane and fly." You can come from a place of such bad luck that you think your luck will always hold...
...seemed to be edging into politics. His father had begun as a journalist; it is not a bad introduction to the American political labyrinth. J.F.K. Jr. cared too much about the state of the nation, especially about the increasing disparities of wealth and opportunity in American life, to live out his life as a spectator. He was a cautious man, methodically feeling his way, but I think he sensed an evident opportunity and acknowledged a dynastic responsibility. He was destined, I came to feel, for political leadership...
...things first" (Medicare and education) - the public senses it too. Would most Americans like a 10 percent across-the-board tax cut? Sure they would. But they believe Larry Summers and Alan Greenspan and even Clinton when they say 10 percent is too much, and too much is a bad idea. The GOP moderates knew that too. But the party needed a win, and Denny Hastert asked so nicely...