Word: brinks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speech -- and proposals -- was not all it could have been, it nonetheless marked a step away from the nuclear brink that was bolder than anyone could have predicted. Bush's initiatives implicitly recognize that a world bristling with nuclear weapons ready for instant launch is not just menacing but also outdated and irrelevant, the relic of a cold war that is over against an enemy that, as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell puts it, "has vaporized before our eyes...
...jobs could have been as exciting -- or stressful -- as overseeing the turbulent banking industry for the past six years. Since he became chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1985, William Seidman has seen more than 1,000 U.S. banks fail, and the number of institutions on the brink continues to grow. The FDIC, which guarantees the nation's bank deposits, has had to pay out more than $24 billion during Seidman's tenure and is running low on reserves. Congress is working on legislation to replenish the funds. No wonder Seidman, 70, has decided to step down when...
...danger. The real danger is proliferation, and proliferation has just begun. Within a decade, according to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, 15 countries will acquire ballistic missiles. About half will have nuclear weapons on top of them. Moreover, Soviet leaders have been rational and thus deterrable. We went to the brink during the Cuban missile crisis but did not go over. Both sides understood and would not bear the cost of nuclear war. We cannot be so sure that will be true of Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya, the nuclear powers of the future...
Like the effect of four straight losses in January and a last-place Beanpot finish on Harvard's psyche, Rensselaer's Derek DeCosty pushed the Crimson to the brink of defeat with a late goal to make...
Chrysler is back at the brink of disaster a decade after the government rescued it by guaranteeing $1.5 billion of the company's loans. Now Chrysler is desperately seeking to raise $500 million to help it hold the road. To do that, the struggling automaker may sell Mitsubishi an increased stake in the Diamond-Star Motors joint venture that builds Plymouth Laser and Mitsubishi Eclipse models in Illinois. Chrysler has also boosted its cost-reduction target from $1 billion to $3 billion...