Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Signs for "New York Fashions," "Bargain for Men," "Jack's Dept. Store" and "African Market" whiz by the windows...
...devoted to "saving Social Security first," and so he ruled out any new farm aid. But everything is negotiable now. It's "cash and carry," as one Democratic lobbyist put it. So when potential supporters come asking for money, Clinton is not in a very strong position to bargain--and that's even with members of his own party...
...move, he said, would give Russia much-needed monetary aid, and take the weapons out of Russia's unpredictable arms. "It would be the best bargain we ever had for the defense program," Allison said...
With that in mind, bargain hunters on Tuesday sent the Dow rebounding 288 points, in the second-largest single-day point gain in history. President Clinton, for whom rising stocks have covered a multitude of sins these past six years, tracked the Dow anxiously as he traveled to beleaguered Moscow. During a dinner with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Clinton stopped economic adviser Gene Sperling in the receiving line to tell him, quietly but with palpable relief, that "the market's up" and flashed a thumbs-up sign...
Well, yes, in a way. Stepping boldly in to exploit the crisis was money power. Men made rich through political connections in the post-Soviet economy have wielded substantial influence ever since they got rich buying up government assets at bargain prices and two years ago financed Yeltsin's come-from-behind election victory. The reappointment of Chernomyrdin, the ponderous former natural-gas bureaucrat who was for years Yeltsin's most obedient Prime Minister, signals the intention of these rich men to obtain a government that will protect their ill-gotten assets...