Word: crutch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prolonged decline of the dollar eventually reduces imports, the side effects will be unpleasant. One is higher inflation: as foreign products become more expensive, many U.S. manufacturers will jump at the opportunity to raise their prices too. A big danger is that the weak dollar will become a crutch for U.S. companies, undermining their incentive to become more efficient and hold prices down. Beyond that, the bargain-basement dollar, together with lower prices on Wall Street, may make U.S. industry increasingly vulnerable to takeovers by foreign buyers...
...unique among black comedians of the time (such as Dick Gregory and Godfrey Cambridge) in not using race as a subject. That was not always the case, however. "Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started," recalls Cosby. "But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge." Ever since, a color-blind approach has been a basic tenet of Cosby...
...walking around with a bunch of numbers on your wrist and they get the idea that maybe you couldn't tell time otherwise. Never got the hang of it in school. Like reading with your finger tracing the words, guiding your eye. Who wants to be seen carrying a crutch on his wrist...
Without the music to add complexitv and depth, an aural crutch suggesting richer emotion is gone. With the words on paper, without Dylan's raspy slur to disguise them, they can sometimes seem quite forced...
When the Swedish Academy announced the literature prize in October, Seifert was in the hospital suffering from diabetes and a heart ailment. He has now returned home, but can move about only with the aid of a metal crutch. Too frail to travel, he will be represented at this week's Nobel ceremonies by Son Jaroslav and Daughter Jana. Although he is usually unwilling to be interviewed by Western journalists, Seifert received TIME Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald and Eastern Europe Correspondent John Moody in his comfortable, slightly threadbare second-floor apartment in Prague. The 90-min. interview took...