Word: cold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looked at my clock. It was not yet noon. I grabbed my jacket, told my roommate I'd meet her at lunch and ran out of Greenough into the cold, bright...
...machinists union asked Bush to call for a 30-day cooling-off period--a step which might have resulted in a negotiated settlement and the salvation of Eastern Airlines. But instead, Eastern filed for bankruptcy, the union made no tangible gains and thousands of travelers were left in the cold...
...landlords benefit from extra government rent payments (and the Housing Authority only subsidizes lowcost apartments) about 80 percent of those subsidized tenants now live in rent-controlled apartments. With a law like 1-2-3, any of these tenants seeking rent-controlled apartments would be left out in the cold. Extra rent payments cannot compete with condo profits...
Episode Three: (January 1989, Winthrop House dining hall, lunch). A pretty cold day, so I opt for the clam chowder. Wrong move. As I go to open my package of S.S. Pierce Saltines my friend points out the very appetizing fact that it has little rat-sized bite marks. I give the crackers to the dining hall checker who promises to bring it to the attention of the proper persons...
...diplomatic flurry had other modest symbolic achievements: Arens met with President Hosni Mubarak, marking the first time since 1982 that an Egyptian leader has been willing to talk with a member of Israel's right- wing Likud bloc. That very act seemed to signal some thaw in the "cold peace" that prevails between the two countries. Shevardnadze's revival of the international-conference proposal skillfully shored up the Arab moderates who have long advocated it, and his presence in Cairo, the first visit by a Soviet Foreign Minister since 1975, invigorated long-dormant Soviet influence in Egypt...