Word: bullishness
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...bullish on the Philippines," Shultz told a news conference before departing. Still, such rhetorical support is about all Aquino can expect. She readily conceded that the current U.S. foreign aid allotment, which totals $500 million for the fiscal year, "is as far as American government assistance will go." To raise more money, she plans to turn a scheduled U.S. visit next fall into a private-sector fund-raising drive to encourage foreign investment in her country...
...Andy Williams is the hottest Western vocalist in China. Or maybe it's because Williams crooned the sound track to Dancing on Ice, a 15-min. skating documentary that has been shown again and again and then several times more on Chinese TV. Ever since, people have been downright bullish in China's shops about his Love Story and other ancient chestnuts. It is not just ideogrammatic titles like Moon River that strike familiar chords in Chinese hearts. "His voice and style more closely resemble a Chinese vocalist's than any other foreigner's," explains a young Peking resident. Before...
Goizueta is more modest about his company's ambitions and accomplishments. Says he: "We've been very selective, but also very lucky." At the moment, he is eager to talk about the future of the soft-drink business, a topic on which he is extremely bullish. Most of that future, as Goizueta sees it, is overseas. The average American now consumes 50 gal.--the equivalent of 533.3 12-oz. bottles--of soft drink per year, but consumption abroad averages only 15% of that. Says Goizueta: "We have tremendous room for growth." As the company prepares to toast its triumphs with...
...vice president of the Sonesta Beach Hotel on Key Biscayne, met last month with European travel arrangers and came away beaming: "They were forecasting a 35%-to-45% increase in their use of tourist facilities here this summer because of the depreciation of the dollar. They are all very bullish, very optimistic...
...diplomats and VIPs assembled at Lagos' Tafawa Balewa Square for Nigeria's 25th Independence Day celebrations last October, a sudden downpour sent many notables scrambling for cover under the grandstand. Within moments, ordinary Nigerians in the bleachers were soaking wet. So was a bullish army officer striding across the parade grounds. Spurning an aide's offer of an umbrella, Major General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, 44, continued to inspect a military honor guard in the rain. The crowd roared its approval and gave a standing ovation to the new President of Africa's most populous nation...