Word: fretfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late addition in the acne rash of teen stories, The Sure Thing's script (by Steven L. Bloom and Jonathan Roberts) must qualify as pretty "intellectual and stuff." Alison might fret about maintaining her grade- point average, and Gib may actually fall for her because "she happens to be an excellent judge of quality shirtwear." Welcome to the decade of lowered expectations, which Rob Reiner's meandering direction fully satisfies. The Sure Thing aims not to blaze trails but to avoid the gross failings of its predecessors. All right, then. In teenpix a shrug is better than a shudder...
...their institutions as a disgruntled minority; today top executives fret openly about the problem. "There is nothing more important to us than to restore the public's faith," says Samuel Armacost, president of San Francisco's Bank America (assets: $121 billion). John McGillicuddy, chairman of New York's Manufacturers Hanover ($73 billion), concurs: "I think the confidence factor is the most serious issue we face. We haven't lost it completely, but it has eroded seriously...
Indeed it is. Some Republican strategists wonder whether Bush is up to battling an energizing female foe under full media glare. Despite his impressive resume (former U.N. Ambassador, CIA director, two-term Congressman, envoy to China), they fret that he is not a "proven vote getter." In the past he has lost two Senate races...
...days before telephones, bosses worried about letting their workers get out of shouting range. Nowadays they fret about their employees straying beyond beeping distance. Reason: most of the electronic pagers clipped to the belts of some 4 million Americans have a range of only 50 miles or so. But long-distance beeps carried by satellite and microwave are coming soon. Last week the Federal Communications Commission chose three companies that will be allowed to transmit electronic messages anywhere in the U.S. The three are expected to offer the service in at least 15 cities as early as September...
Back in Honduras, F.D.N. leaders fret about whether the U.S. Congress will approve the pending $21 million in aid. "These Congressmen should not think just about the next election," says Mack, a muscular former Nicaraguan military officer. "They should look ahead five or six years. If we are not around, the U.S. will have to send Marines in. Then it is going to take the sacrifice of American lives to solve the problem of Nicaragua." Says a high-ranking F.D.N. official: "If the Americans think they can now just say, 'It was a mistake...