Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This year she is charged with trying a more drastic strategy. According to the police, Holloway plotted to have Amber's mother killed in the hope of causing the girl so much emotional distress that she would be unable to compete. When Holloway allegedly asked her ex-brother-in-law to help her find . a hitman, he turned informant. According to the police, she toyed with the idea of killing both mother and daughter, but couldn't afford the $7,500 fee. So she offered a pair of diamond earrings to help pay for killing Mrs. Heath alone. Holloway...
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. A suave beast (Patrick Bergin) tracks down his abused wife (Julia Roberts) after she has faked her death and escaped his clutches. A good idea for a feminist thriller soon degenerates, under Joseph Ruben's direction, into a wheezy lady-in-distress melodrama. Paging Barbara Stanwyck...
Colin Powell is a military man, not a marketing analyst, but he keenly recognized the mood of American consumers last week, when he talked about the "oscillations between euphoria and distress." The shock of war's beginning has passed, but Americans are left swinging between the moods of hope and resignation about the war and the economy. In one sense, consumers are hunkering down, digging in and embracing reality. They are postponing big decisions and avoiding the kind of purchases that fuel the economy: autos, houses, appliances. (Suddenly the old car doesn't look so bad.) Yet simultaneously they realize...
...pregnant, far from her family. Her husband had just left for the gulf. She'd been having trouble concentrating at work. But when she felt herself losing control, overwhelmed by a rising sense of panic, she dialed the toll-free hot line provided by her company for employees in distress. A counselor on the other end referred her to a local psychologist for help...
...since the Great Depression has the outlook for so many banks seemed so grim. The epicenter of distress is the downtrodden Northeast, where lenders in New York and New England are writing off bad loans at a furious pace. Many of the worst headaches are in New York City, which is home to seven of the 10 largest U.S. banks. Experts predict that such giants as Citicorp, the biggest U.S. banking company, Chase Manhattan (No. 3) or Chemical (No. 8) may have to merge with other large firms to survive. "There is a high chance for a major consolidation over...