Word: inked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more than 6% of its work force. The struggling company, which has been selling off assets to reduce its $2.6 billion debt load, said it may show a deficit for the fourth quarter as well. The losses, which would give Blumenthal's brainchild two straight years of red ink, raise doubts about the company's ability to be a major contender...
...while both sides pronounced that the deal was the best that could be achieved in the current political climate, it was nothing to brag about. The compromise will slow but not arrest the tide of red ink that is washing over the nation. Even after the accord goes into effect, the deficit for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 is expected to soar to $254 billion, not counting the estimated $1 billion a month the government is spending on its military forces in the Persian Gulf. Every citizen's share of the $3 trillion national debt will rise...
Crime, grime and red ink have apparently clouded the ability of New York City Mayor David Dinkins to recognize a good deal. When Japan Airlines launched a Big Apple tourism program, officials were dismayed to discover that Hizzoner was too busy to pose for a publicity picture for the campaign. JAL estimates that the ad inviting young Japanese to go "New Yorking" could attract 23,000 tourists and bring $73 million to the city. In print and TV spots, JAL portrays New York City as a nonthreatening, nonstop party town. Apologetic city officials say they don't have a record...
Kelley's work includes pen and ink drawings, painting, film and other mediums, such as arranging stuffed animals in a room to appear as though they are having conversations...
...three books are tilted toward Democratic candidates. Perhaps this is natural: 1988 was the Democrats' race to lose, and they managed it very nicely. Nonetheless, the authors devote too little ink to Republicans, who have won every presidential election save one since 1968. If reporters spent as much time on (more successful) Republicans as they do their (more entertaining) rivals, the Democrats might someday get the hang of presidential politics. Someday...