Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cliburn Comeback '94 an incipient disaster? Far from it. The pianist's spokesman says the tour will continue, with the Rachmaninoff. And however well or poorly he plays, Cliburn will afford new audiences a chance to hear what pianism in the grand manner is all about. The nuggets in the Tchaikovsky may have been few, but they were choice, and who among his contemporaries can match him in majesty, despite his limited range? Cliburn will never be the pianist we all thought he should be. But that is our problem...
...refreshing breather from the standard summer fare. Nothing against harness racing or the fellows who drive steroid-injected cars in circles, mind you. But out on the football pitch, as the newly initiated call the soccer field, there has been high drama: Italy's improbable comeback against underdog Nigeria left supporters of both teams drained. Off the field there has been tragedy: the execution of Colombian Andres Escobar shamed the nation whose colors he had proudly worn. There have been oddities: referees were sent home ignominiously for merely blowing a call. Huh? Officials make mistakes every...
Conservation groups trumpeted the eagle's comeback as a triumph for the Endangered Species Act of 1973, but the motives behind their enthusiastic press releases were partly political. Observes Jim Pissot, Washington State director of the National Audubon Society: "The Act itself is now endangered." Indeed, the law is currently up for reauthorization in Congress, and property owners and developers are working hard to have it weakened. The law is unfair to their business interests, they say. Besides, they insist, the eagle's comeback has much more to do with the 1972 banning of DDT, which weakened the shells...
With the shortage of modern drugs, herbal medicines -- Cuba produces 300 different types -- are making a vigorous comeback. "People used to say only witches and the uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...
Will the recovery be weighed down by rising interest rates? Business / executives, bureaucrats and factory workers share that concern. Last week the Bundesbank said it would make no further rate cuts "for some time," but that announcement exacerbated worries that inflation might be poised for a comeback. European bond-market investors have already bid up long-term interest rates appreciably. Ten-year French bonds now yield 7.6%, more than 5.6% in mid-January, and German bonds yield 7.1%, up from 1.6% in April. Many economists nonetheless argue that the Bundesbank is overstating matters and that prices are well under control...