Word: heights
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...Wall Street greed has been palpable. Obama, who prides himself on his cool countenance, has repeatedly channeled this fury, flashing anger and frustration at the logic of financial titans, who continued to justify huge paydays even as their banks begged financial lifelines from the U.S. taxpayer. "That is the height of irresponsibility," the President said in January, after a report emerged of large 2008 bonuses on Wall Street. "It is shameful...
...There were odd moments as well: acts, including the final number, that didn't work and unexplained delays. In fact, the family's private ceremony at Forest Lawn kept the televised world waiting half an hour past schedule. "I probably lost two inches of height over that [delay]," Phillips said...
...million bbl. a day off global oil markets. Back then, Iran's exports accounted for 10% of the world's oil supplies - compared with just 5% today. World oil prices tripled in nine months, from $12.80 a bbl. in September 1978 to $34.40 in June 1979, at the height of the Iran hostage crisis...
...Venezuelan jet to the cheers of his followers. It could have been a spectacular homecoming for the history books. But after unleashing their M-16s on the protesters surrounding the airport, soldiers blocked the runway with troops and trucks. Zelaya's plane circled the airport at a perilously low height, then zoomed off to neighboring El Salvador, via a refueling stop in Nicaragua. And with Zelaya still in exile, the standoff over Honduras' disputed presidency goes on. (See pictures of the Honduras coup on LIFE.com...
...cassette tape outsell vinyl records for the first time in 1983. By 1986 the word "Walkman" had entered the Oxford English Dictionary. Its launch coincided with the birth of the aerobics craze, and millions used the Walkman to make their workouts more entertaining. Between 1987 and 1997 - the height of the Walkman's popularity - the number of people who said they walked for exercise increased by 30%. (See TIME's special report "1989: The Year That Changed the World...