Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because shell-shocked consumers are fearful of losing their jobs and are thus reluctant to spend. "The insecurity keeps everyone in limbo," says Audrey Freedman, president of the Manpower Plus consulting firm. "No matter what the mortgage rate is, people don't want to buy houses, trade up or commit funds. I think we're entering a decade or more in which the standard of living is not going to grow...
...Taking care of your own kind first" is one of the great dilemmas of modern politics. While a national leader has a mandate to protect the interests of his constituents, he and his country risk appearing selfish if they refuse to intervene when foreign powers commit atrocities or start unjust wars...
...from which relief supplies might be sent overland. Mitterrand, says the official, refused because that might expose the 250 French soldiers flown into Sarajevo airport last week to Serbian reprisals. White House officials snort that Bush proposed no such thing. But the story illustrates the unwillingness of Europeans to commit ground troops unless American G.I.s share the risks...
...There is counterviolence, there is revenge violence, there is feud violence. They even commit pre-emptive violence. When they do those things, they are not orchestrated by me. When you get violence at such levels, you cannot blame the leaders. It is a civil...
...paraphrase Mark Twain, don't let school getin the way of your Harvard education. Believe me,you'll regret it if you commit yourself early onto only one thing. Don't just study, or just writefor The Crimson or just play football. Try allthree your first year and decide later what tofocus on. There is more to Harvard thanjust academics or justsocializing...