Word: erraticism
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The Valente affair is another in a long string of embarrassments for the company since 1968, when NBC Founder Da vid Sarnoff handed his firm over to Son Bobby. Bobby Sarnoff, an erratic administrator, plunged the firm into computers, where it eventually had to write off a $490 million pretax...
(12 of 13) be sure, the present leaders have not found a way to keep meat in the grocery stores or underwear in the department stores. Nor have they loosened the reins of repression during the past 16 years. At the same time, however, material conditions are easier, and life...
True, Soviet agriculture is plagued by climatic problems beyond the control of any government. Though the lush fields of the Ukraine produce grain in abundance, much of the country's arable land lies in far northern latitudes, where enormous swings in seasonal temperatures and erratic rainfall can lead to...
Rather, one comes to realize that these are defense mechanisms developed by a mind desperately reaching for weapons against the father's erratic behavior.
Still skeptical, the State Department believes the four agents were linked to a larger network of Libyan terrorists who are plotting to eliminate opponents of Libya's strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Within Libya this year, up to 2,000 people have been arrested for alleged disloyalty to Gaddafi. The...