Word: hurts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when standout QB Tom Yohe bruised his ribs against Brown. Coach Joe Restic had plenty to worry about. Of all the starters to get hurt, it had to be Yohe, who has been directing a potent Harvard offense all season long...
According to conventional political wisdom, a major economic disaster such as the crash should hurt the party in power and catapult the opposition in the polls. The crash, by brutally demonstrating the volatility of the American economy under Reagan, would seem to be a perfect chance for the Democrats to show Reaganomics as the goat it is, while offering the American people an alternative for a more stable future. Instead, Democrats have concerned themselves with being more Republican than the Republicans...
Harder to measure but perhaps just as costly was the anxiety that rippled through the general public. Though only one in five U.S. households invests directly in the stock market, its gyrations can hurt everyone. People who had never bought a stock in their lives were struggling to figure out what the wild ride on Wall Street meant to them, their jobs, their families and their security. Businessmen feared that queasy consumers might stop spending as freely as they have been in recent years. Workers feared that a market collapse could usher in a recession that would cost them jobs...
Sixty-one percent of the respondents believed the stock-market crash will hurt all Americans, not just the wealthy. Though most people said they will not change their purchasing habits as a result of the stock-market decline, the number who plan to curtail spending could significantly affect the economy...
...strike caused an explosion that could be heard 20 miles away in Kuwait City. The loading dock's destruction could temporarily cripple the emirate's ability to pump its oil aboard the largest supertankers. No ship was docked there when the Silkworm struck, so only five workers were hurt, none seriously...