Word: borrower
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deeper tremors emanate from the kind of change that occurs only once every few decades. America is going through a historic transition from the heedless borrow-and-spend society of the 1980s to one that stresses savings and investment. In the short run, this helped trigger the cyclical recession, which is likely to run its course in the next few months. But when it's over, America will not simply go back to business as usual...
...financed largely through illusion, yet his holdings included the London Daily Mirror, New York City's Daily News and Macmillan, the U.S. book publisher. In assembling his web of 400 companies, Maxwell piled up debts, apparently without unduly alarming the dozens of banks and other lenders that let him borrow a sum now estimated at $7 billion...
...women meet at the local Catholic church and loosely follow Robert's Rules of Order. The minutes are read. Loston announces how much is in the bank and what donations have been sent in. The women discuss the work and announce upcoming projects. A few members ask to borrow $500 to $1,000 for paint or supplies. New members sign a pledge to help repair every house in the community, and the lax and lazy are goaded to work harder. When all is done, the women hold hands as Roberson leads them in an impassioned prayer thanking...
Students who are absolutely unable to pay for such luxuries are even worse off. The lack of available software often leads to software piracy, as students "borrow" programs from their friends so they can do their assignments. Of course, the signs in the computer room list "Software Piracy," along with "Purposeful Introduction of Viruses" and subverting network security, among the behaviors that are "STRICTLY PROHIBITED." By banning the actions they foster with their own shortcomings, the czars of the computer room are cutting off all options...
Those who cannot afford these expenditures at all are forced to work harder, retyping entire papers instead of making minor changes. They may spend sleepless nights waiting to borrow a friend's computer, doomed only to receive lower grades because they are too tired to think clearly. Some are even driven to a life of crime, turning to ruthless software piracy in order to complete their assignments...