Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September mood of euphoria at CBS suffered accordingly. Says one mid- level executive: "Half the people here curse Tisch." A television producer at the Manhattan headquarters known as Black Rock described employee morale as "pulverized with fear." Staffers soon coined a bitter name for the layoffs: to be fired was to be "tisched." In the past few weeks, as the wave of firings seems to have again subsided -- at least for a time -- the mood at CBS has become quietly resigned. Says one employee: "The feeling here is follow the rules, do your job, don't make waves...
...February, May, July and October. Three hostages eventually were released: the Rev. Benjamin Weir in September 1985, Father Lawrence Jenco last July and David Jacobsen in November. But three more Americans were kidnaped in Lebanon beginning in September. Even so, Reagan clung to his Iranian initiative to the bitter end. In his Nov. 19 press conference, after the storm had broken, the President voiced a wan hope that diplomatic contacts with Iran could continue, and Shultz had to practically bludgeon the President into announcing that there would be no more arms sales...
...resistance to U.S. debt is more likely to grow gradually, allowing the dollar to decline at an orderly pace. Said Feldstein: "I think we can get there without a shock." But even if it happens smoothly, the necessary further decline of 20% to 30% in the dollar will be bitter medicine for U.S. consumers. By making imports more expensive, ! the weak dollar will hamper the growth in the standard of living. "There's no question we will be poorer as a nation because of this, or rather we will get richer more slowly," said Feldstein. The trade-off is that...
After two months of this bitter chill, I again needed the feeling of the roaring crowd, the soggy hot dogs, and the fresh scent that is unique to the game of baseball...
...Duke players and 6000 spectators gathered at the Duke Soccer Field Sunday, there was an unusual undertone to the usual partisanship. Something bitter...