Word: cooling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cuts to cure the nation of nagging economic ills, the Administration realized that some suffering was inevitable. Indeed, the White House anticipated a rise in unemployment during the early stages of the program; it was felt that a hike in joblessness was necessary to dampen wage demands and cool inflation, which Reagan regarded as the nation's chief economic problem. But Administration officials never expected that the rate would surge so high or inflict so much hardship...
...cool head in the locker room, win or lose. "He's a calming influence on the team," says manager David Jones, who has watched him for four years. "He'll say, 'Be careful, we still have two periods to go'--he's realistic...
...Paul's Episcopal Drop-In Hair Center (in the rectory basement)" where the Rev. Ray and the Rev. Don, trained barbers, "offer warm, supportive pre-and post-trim counseling . . . and if you just want to come in and talk about haircuts, well, that's cool too." Another ad, inserted by a people's used-furniture collective, condemns alienating queen-size beds, recommending instead "our Warm Valley Bed . .. narrow and soft and shaped like a trough, gently urging its occupants toward the middle: the bed of commitment." There is a hesitant manifesto titled "Shy Rights: Why Not Pretty...
...start of the Irish legend, Cool Joe the Comeback Kid, is also the start of the misunderstanding. He has been taken to be cold, indifferent, standoffish. "I am affected by things, but I don't show it." He is unflappable. I'm emotional, but nobody knows it." Off the field, he is undemonstrative. "At Notre Dame I was awed by the place in general and lonely at being away from home for the first time. Plus, all of a sudden, there were eleven other quarterbacks. I was feeling all the things people say I don't feel...
...successes and disappointments as an entry level aide in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Fromson observed carefully for someone who claims to have been totally naive of the day-to-day workings of government. He distinguishes clearly among the various characters who hustle through the long cool halls of Senate office buildings: youngsters on the make, veterans clinging to a particular committee or legislator, women struggling against traditional sexism, journalists and lobbyists tugging on jacket sleeves. The scenes are all set correctly, whether in the hip Old Ebbit Grill or the venerable Hay Adams dining room. Most everyone...