Word: enjoyable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shop-till-you-drop types tend to draw more scorn than sympathy. Visions of Imelda Marcos and 2,400 pairs of shoes dance in people's heads. But therapists insist that compulsive shopping can be as ruinous as gambling, disrupting families and plunging sufferers into debt. Many people enjoy the occasional spree, but shopaholics' lives are consumed by buying. Says psychologist Georgia Witkin of New York City, author of a recently published book on compulsive behavior, Quick Fixes & Small Comforts (Villard; $17.95): "The day shapes up around getting to stores...
...despite guarantees in the country's 1982 constitution that "no organization or individual may enjoy the privilege of being above . . . the law," not even the Communist Party, due process is still applied capriciously. This is particularly vexing to foreign investors who, after being ardently wooed by the Chinese, arrive to discover intransigent bureaucrats and a host of previously undisclosed rules governing everything from wages to repatriation of profits. As once hidden regulations come to light, such snags should become a thing of the past, though the transition to openness may take some time. After all, says Gelatt, "freedom of information...
Aside from Mickey Mouse, Elvis may be the most mementoed American in history. His likeness pouts from place mats, clocks and refrigerator magnets in souvenir shops near the ticket booths. Near by, folks can make a videotape of themselves singing along to one of 35 Elvis tunes or enjoy biscuits and gravy, one of his favorite dishes, at the Heartbreak Hotel restaurant. The commercialism is confined to one side of the street, says Jack Soden, executive director of Graceland, a business run by the singer's estate, because "we want you to see Graceland as if Elvis himself had invited...
...Soviet schedulers drew up the standard list of New York City tourist attractions -- the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the World Trade Center, Broadway -- Gorbachev also accepted an earlier invitation: to visit the brass- and-glass high-rise office-and-apartment complex and atrial shopping mecca on Fifth Avenue, and enjoy a private dinner with megabuilder Donald Trump and his wife Ivana. Does private mean just the Trumps and the Gorbachevs? Trump, who was called directly by a Soviet official, says, "It seems that...
...takes heart to play defense. This team has a lot of heart," said Crimson Coach Kathy Delaney Smith. "They enjoy their roles...they sincerely care about their teammates doing well...