Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Muffin actually was a good place to study, too. The background buzz of conversation and warm restaurant smells gives concentration something to work against...other than the whirling fantasies of a studious mind. At the 'Muffin, during those five minute study pauses absolutely necessary for prevention of brain damage, you avoided suffering through the stifled mutters and echoing snuffles of bored undergraduates. Instead, the Bottomless Mug patron can sit back and happily soak in the gentle bustle of cafe life, and then, refreshed, ease back into work...
...favorite political buzz word these days is competitiveness. The entrepreneurial spirit. Managements lean and mean. Industries able to compete with foreign producers. But the concept is a nebulous one. Politicians are now labeling a wide array of proposals, from increased funding for education and scientific research to more restrictive trade legislation, as ways to make America more competitive in the world...
...BEST OF DAN AYKROYD (Warner Home Video). Not the New Dan Aykroyd (the charismaless costar of such films as Ghostbusters and Spies Like Us), but the Old Dan Aykroyd, creator of Papa Conehead, E. Buzz Miller and dozens of other satirical gems on Saturday Night Live. A fitting tribute to the most inventive of the SNL originals...
...food dollars, it is no wonder that 1986 saw so many trendy flashes in the pan, as well as on the plate. California and Southwest cuisines, so much in vogue last January, have already begun to pall. As the year ended, lip service was being paid to such buzz words as country, peasant, cuisine bourgeoise and even meat and potatoes. Meanwhile, freshness took on new meaning as lazy cooks opted for unfrozen, simmer-in-bag prepared dishes. And with rabbit the In meat of the year, the most worried of all perhaps is Bugs Bunny, who now faces a fate...
TIME's board members expressed hope that the improving trade deficit would dampen sentiment in Congress next year to produce a barrier-laden trade bill. Yet Congress may be tempted to pass protectionist measures under the cover of the new, sexier buzz word of competitiveness, according to Board Member Charles Schultze, a senior fellow at Washington's Brookings Institution and former chief economic adviser to President Carter. Schultze warned that under the patriotic banner of competitiveness, overzealous legislators may fail to differentiate between healthy steps to boost efficiency (example: increased worker training) and potentially harmful measures to shelter industries (example...