Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is the same man who, according to his former budget director, fails to grasp even the basic arithmetic of the federal budget. This is the same man whose former chief of staff proclaimed himself part of a "shovel brigade," perpetually cleaning up after the boss. This is the same man who nevertheless placed his trust in a janitorial incompetent, someone more adept at grave-digging than damage control...
...market's reaction was in direct contrast to its performance after the Boesky revelations last November, when it plunged briefly as investors dumped speculative takeover stocks. This time, big institutions and foreign investors evidently believed the scandal poses no particular threat to their current strategy of snapping up basic industrial stocks, which the buyers think will be helped by a growing economy and a falling U.S. dollar. Says Byron Wien, a stock strategist for the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "The continued strength of the market shows that most investors do not believe the system is evil...
...Flintie Ray Williams' calculation, "the basic thing every college basketball player needs to learn is that everyone can't end up in the N.B.A. It took me about a year and a half after I quit playing to fully grasp that. In another place, I think I might have been lost after basketball. Coach Tarkanian helps the players get to that point where they're real with themselves, and then the town generally offers them a living. It's not such a terrible deal." Stars parking cars may not be the jackpot, but they know when to fold...
...OEDIPUS complex. Dad's piling on perfectionist pressure, throwing temper tantrums--maybe smacking up Mom a bit. Monday Night Football's making him increasingly violent and you think maybe it's time for a family counselor. But before you start bitching, maybe you should ask yourself this basic question: how many families has Dad butchered...
...moved into Buffalo's low-income Black housing projects to define himself "against the artificial social and class distinctions associated with American university education," he says. Life there was "a horrible experience" because of his growing awareness that no individual, no matter how well-intentioned, could change these basic conditions of poverty. This experience led Reed to a period of intense political activism during the late civil rights movement and the early stages of the Black power movement...