Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fellows generally come to Harvard during a point of transition in their careers, and they use their time at the University to help them figure out their next career step. For the fellows, it is a chance to take a break from hectic jobs and lifestyles...
...have to tell the truth because if we lie and get caught we break the bottom-line deal," Reese says. "Mr. Nixon didn't lose the presidency because of what he did, its because he lied and got caught. So we have to tell the truth. We're not obligated to tell all of it. It's an antagonistic contest between two candidates. So we can tell the truth selectively... Targeting is the elimination of prospects. If you target me out, you leave your best prospect for the expenditure of your resources; and if you create the best messge...
...there is some method in this benign musical madness, that should come as no surprise from a singer who had written five plays by the age of 15. Born in New York City, where his father Robert helped break the color bar at the Metropolitan Opera by singing a major role in Aida in 1955, McFerrin grew up mainly in Los Angeles "in what they now call a 'dysfunctional family,' " he says. "I didn't get what I needed from my parents. They were busy dealing with their own pain." McFerrin started studying music theory at six and learned from...
...possible downside scenario despite current strong economic statistics. With the trade deficit still high, inflation on the rise, no resolution to Third World debt problems and no decisive action on the federal budget deficit, we could see another steep decline of the dollar, a spurt in interest rates, a break in bond prices and a new plunge in the stock market. Major securities firms could have their capital seriously impaired by portfolio losses in their stock and bond inventories. Ultimately, loan defaults by Third World countries, financial and real estate firms, overleveraged companies and other borrowers could produce a banking...
...based economic woes and coolness toward patricians seemed to offer a good opportunity for Dukakis to break Bush's Western monopoly. But by last week, as Bush visited Denver, the state was tilting Republican. The main reason: Bush's success in tarring his rival as a squishy liberal. Elsewhere in the West, Dukakis is still competitive in Washington, Oregon and New Mexico, but is comfortably ahead nowhere except Hawaii, with its four little votes...