Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Americans used to buy expensive cars at bargain prices in Europe and then ship them back to the U.S. But that practice declined in the late 1970s, when the slumping dollar drove up the price of a Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or BMW. The dollar is back, and so are the car importers...
...Charles de Gaulle or Heathrow. But the feeling of impotence when faced with hijackings and similar acts is inherent to terrorism, no matter where or when it occurs. Those with a rational outlook and profound concern for human life will always be at a disadvantage when forced to bargain with those whose political or religious fanaticism has supplanted a similar taste for decency. In this respect, President Reagan was no better prepared to meet the terrorist challenge in Iran than his predecessor was five years...
...balance of terror." Technological feasibility aside, however, the opponents of Star Wars seem to have the better case. The prospect of one side more or less safe while the other side is open to attack is untenable in the nuclear age. Moreover, in the absence of a new bargain with the Soviets, such a situation is bound to be relatively short-lived. Sooner or later the Soviets can catch up with American technology, the most notable example being multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVS). But this does not mean that development of a defensive system should be banned independently...
...Columbia have union organizing drives on their own campuses, and a victory for Yale's employees might encourage secretarial and technical support staff here and in New York to join or vote for a union. Because Harvard and Columbia would lose money if their workers won the right to bargain collectively. Yale must crush its own union's fight for comparable worth...
Further complicating the picture is the likelihood that a new model or a sudden price cut will make this season's bargain look like last year's ripoff. Apple surprised the industry in October by bringing out, four months before it was expected, the so-called Fat Mac, a new version of the Macintosh with twice the memory capacity. At the same time, Apple dropped the price on the smaller Macintosh by $300, to $2,195. Reason: rumors about the introduction of a bigger machine were cutting into Macintosh sales. The company is now plagued by reports...