Word: feelings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adversarial climate that prompts them to retreat emotionally -- which ends up making a suit more likely. "Many malpractice suits come because people are angry at their doctors for not communicating," says Cornell's Rogers. Consumer advocate Michael Rooney of the People's Medical Society agrees: "It's when they feel they've been hurt or betrayed that they...
...downturn is at least partly the result of selling so many cars in the past few years. "The fleet is quite young, the warranties are longer, and the quality is better. People don't feel a pressing need for new cars," says Arvid Jouppi, who follows the industry for Keane Securities in Detroit. The boom has flooded the market with used cars, which are now selling at a steep discount, making them a more attractive alternative to new models. A two-year- old Ford Tempo, for example, sells for $3,500 less than...
...reversing the statement | to read: "No one is allowed to create anything without the government's subvention." What pussycats our supposedly radical artists are. They not only want the government's permission to create their artifacts, they want federal authorities to supply the materials as well. Otherwise they feel "gagged." If they are not given government approval (and money), they want to remain an avant-garde while being bankrolled by the Old Guard...
...diary, withheld from historians after his death until Herbert analyzed it, proves that he fell short by as much as 30 to 60 miles. So when this strong and single-minded man returned home from his final trip to the far north, a region he had come to feel he owned, his sense of proprietorship required him to claim he had reached the pole. He lied, heroically...
...expansion leaves the economy even more exposed to the effects of a recession. Since late 1982, corporate debt has more than doubled, from $1.1 trillion to $2.2 trillion. Investors in junk bonds, the high-yield securities that account for $225 billion in debt, could be among the first to feel the pinch. According to a study conducted for a group of junk-bond issuers by the economic consulting firm Data Resources, 1 out of every 8 will default if the economy falls into a soft landing. A major recession could produce a 1-in-5 default rate over five years...