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Word: defaulters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While not saying when Brazil might resume payments, Sarney expressed willingness to negotiate an interest formula that his country could meet without risking "recession and social crisis." He never used the word default and insisted his aim was not confrontation: "Brazil does not wish to be an autarkic economy outside the world community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Blood in the Stone | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

After receiving a first-round bye, Harvard's Pandole knocked off George Lemon, 3-0, in the second round and then won by default in the round...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen Fall in Amateur Title Match | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

Edge then won by default over Sharon Shawaze and in the next round defeated Debbie Hodez, 3-2, semifinals. There, she disposed of Karen Celso...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: W. Squash Consoled | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

...seventh book in the series offers its share of insights and delights. John Barth claims that he became a writer by "passionate default." Edna O'Brien espouses chastity "except when one can no longer resist the temptation." Philip Roth, asked for the umpteenth time to compare himself to his "vividly transforming heroes," replies, "I am like somebody who is trying vividly to transform himself out of himself and into his vividly transforming heroes. I am very much like somebody who spends all day writing." Occasionally the interviewer gets the last word. When Malcolm Cowley attributes the phrase "a lost generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Talk Writers At Work | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...touch such securities until the 1970s, when a young Drexel investment banker named Michael Milken began touting them as a good deal. He contended that their high yields, typically 3% to 5% above those of U.S. Treasury bonds, were extremely attractive, since junk bonds had historically gone into default only slightly oftener than more reputable securities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jitters in the Junkyard | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

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