Word: dicey
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...country views its new challenges as especially dicey. Its postwar identity depended on the postwar system, which has come unglued. Mitterrand's ambitions for E.C. political union and a joint defense policy are central to his design of preserving France's status as the Continent's anchor. Washington-based analyst Jenonne Walker notes, "De Gaulle was never willing to meld France into a Europe able to act as a unit. Mitterrand is willing to do that." Trickier is the question of whether the French people, fearing for their national soul, will go along...
...Schwarzkopf deal has triggered another round of soul searching in publishing circles over the spiraling sums being paid for books that frequently do not live up to their blockbuster expectations. In Schwarzkopf's case the gamble could be especially dicey. To be sure, Americans could not get enough of their newest war hero in the heady months following the gulf campaign. But will they love him in November 1992 (assuming he and a yet-to- be-named ghostwriter work fast) as they...
Religion is a dicey subject for humor: just ask Arswendo Atmowiloto, editor of the now defunct Jakarta newspaper Monitor. The tabloid had asked readers to vote for Indonesia's most "admirable public figures." More than 600 names were sent in on 33,900 postcards. President Suharto led with 5,003 votes, and a variety of government officials, pop stars and even Saddam Hussein filled out the top nine slots. Arswendo finished 10th, just ahead of the Prophet Muhammad. Monitor reporters had warned their boss to leave Islam's founder off the list, and now Arswendo is paying for his lack...
Trusting the Iranian government is a dicey enterprise for anyone, let alone for Tehran's blood enemy, Baghdad. So it came as no great shock when Tehran decided to keep the 142 Iraqi airplanes that fled to Iran early on in the gulf war. The announcement, though, does raise the question, Has Tehran reneged on an agreement with Baghdad for the safekeeping and return of the planes, which include the cream of Iraq's air force -- or was there no such deal in the first place...
...meantime, consumers and business leaders will have to adjust to a climate radically different from the 1980s, when the economy was reliable and forgiving. "We're in tough times in a very dicey world. There's going to be a lot of fallout," predicts Donald Jacobs, dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In large part, the U.S. and the world are paying for the excesses of the 1980s, in which companies, consumers and speculators lived far beyond their means. It may take as much global leadership and cooperation to avert a worldwide recession as it will...