Word: disarray
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Economic planning seems to be in disarray. Pricing officials announced two weeks ago that state subsidies for such consumer goods as fabrics and some appliances would be modestly increased. But the plan contradicts Gorbachev's announced intention to make prices reflect the true costs of production and to curtail subsidies. Last week authorities unveiled new rules barring private cooperatives from engaging in certain kinds of businesses -- for example, selling jewelry and renting videos. Only five days before these restrictions were announced, Gorbachev had called for a "stronger cooperative movement" during...
...military bases from Greece, Mitsotakis leans toward the West. "This is going to be the worst situation any Greek Prime Minister has inherited since the end of World War II," says Mitsotakis, noting that his most difficult problem will be to "restore the economy, which is in total disarray." Most observers, though, feel that Greece is fed up with overbearing political parties and personalities on both right and left, and may be headed for what is being called the "Italianization" of Greek politics, a period of coalition governments...
Sasso found the campaign in disarray, the advertising a shambles. He quickly signed up surrogates like Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley to stump for Dukakis. Soon Dukakis began to fire back with his populist message of fighting for the middle class. But it was too little, too late...
Coach: Joe, Joe where did your championship go? Joe Restic, gaunt giant of the Multiflex, is having a rough season. The breaks are going against him. His quarterback situation is in disarray. He alone keeps up a smiling countenance. He alone maintains the Crimson is as happy now as it has ever been...
When Harvard Coach Wayne Lem left a successful and highly-respected Boston College women's volleyball program three years ago, he found a Harvard program that was in complete disarray...