Word: chumps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chump or Champ: Why is Hillary Standing by Her Man?" This was the theme of a committee discussion held at the Institute of Politics (IOP), audaciously termed a debate by the Harvard Political Union (News, Feb. 4). Amid the worn jokes and vacuous slogans, several people of more noble and gracious intent than me tried bravely to provoke an intelligent discussion of the budding scandal in Washington. Sadly, they were doomed by the near-comic choice of topic...
...most people more often than not feel neglected by those on either side of the canyon. Various institutions are capable of bridging the gap in socially beneficial ways--universities, for example. As a prominent university political organization, the IOP ought to give more thought to its role on campus. Chump or champ: will the IOP degenerate into club for self-affected future senators and celebrity journalists, or will it remain a forum for the exchange of meaningful ideas? ERRON W. TITUS...
...campaign centers on a $450,000 advance that Chubais and four colleagues split between them for a book on privatization. The book payment, Chubais' enemies allege, is a disguised bribe. Chubais' defense has been slow and largely unconvincing. His share, $90,000, is chump change in a country in which a few years ago the new Prime Minister found that Russia's entire foreign-currency reserve was missing, and in which the oligarchs have become overnight billionaires in shadowy privatization deals. But it was enough to shatter Chubais' image of probity. His enemies are putting out the word that they...
...musical verve. Nearly every film, from Oliver & Company (1988) to The Lion King (1994), outgrossed its predecessor by 40% to 50%. The Lion King, which Daly calls "the Star Wars of animation," earned about the same in domestic theaters as Forrest Gump did the same year. But that's chump change for animation. Toss in the video market, the merchandise and CD sales, and The Lion King has so far generated an estimated $1 billion--in profits...
...course, a grand isn't chump change for most people in society, but it's a lot better than the good ol' monopoly pricing we've seen in the PC's lifetime. And experts predict that prices could plummet again soon, perhaps to the $500 point in a matter of years. Whatever you think of Microsoft and Intel's hegemony over the old market, wish the new chip-makers luck; cheaper computers are in everyone's interest...