Word: jam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, the Saudis have already put oil producers and their lenders in a historic jam. The worst trouble spot will be Mexico, which last week felt compelled to slash the average price of its oil from $19.77 to $15.09. The country has foreign debts of $96 billion and says it needs $9 billion in new loans this year. M.I.T. Economist Lester Thurow warns that the austerity measures that Mexico has endured to pay interest on its debt could make it politically popular for the country's leadership to repudiate the loans. Said Thurow: "What better way for the Mexicans...
...ambushed outside their hotel room by Hong Kong Standard Correspondent Leonel Borralho. A long scuffle with Penn and bodyguards ensued, after which Borralho sued for $1 million. Two days later, reporters on stakeout took off after the couple, and the resulting car chase created a huge traffic jam, with bystanders cheering Madonna on. The pair finally consented to a photo session, though Penn sacked his publicity agent for failing "to keep the press from us." They are scheduled to leave this week, and the case against Penn will be tried without...
...into The Right Stuff; and even then he never really put his finger on it. But it took only 60 minutes a week for Star Trek to illustrate those values: loyalty to friends (how many times had Kirk risked his ship to pull Scottie or Bones out of a jam?), an almost reckless disregard for personal safety, and commitment to self-selected duty. These are the values reflected in the equilibrium between Spock's cold-blooded logic and Dr. McCoy's mercurial emotionalism...
...people who designed Store 24 aren't the same ones who have to deal with the hordes of customers who jam the place each night...
Following the Beast Jam, Garcia began Space, a section of the show devoted to musical self-expression. In Space, each band member goes his own way, while staying in step with the thematical and musical tone of the moment. Space can be both beautiful and boring, but it is always different, a mark of the band's adventuresome style...