Word: jettison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outcomes were possible, Migranyan suggested: Gorbachev might become more authoritarian, "crushing all obstacles and imposing economic reforms," or a conservative regime might emerge that would jettison him along with his political and social reforms, even while seeking to modernize the economy. With Gorbachev's room for maneuver shrinking, Migranyan said, "maybe we need an authoritarian period of development . . . if democracy prevents market mechanisms from developing...
Some of the exchanges' critics want to go further. They recommend that Chicago's quaint system of making deals with shouts and hand signals be replaced with automated computerized trading, as has been done in Tokyo and London. "It is time to jettison this Rube Goldberg . . . system and replace it with a sophisticated electronic system that records trades as they happen," said Massachusetts Democrat Edward J. Markey, chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications and finance...
...architects of the debacle, Li and Yang could eventually prove liabilities to Deng, and he might have to jettison them. An alternative could be provided by Qiao Shi, an unfamiliar Politburo member, who emerged as a rising star after a telegram from the Supreme Court congratulated him for his support of the military crackdown...
Chastened by failures and feuds, struggling to fathom the boom-and-borrow Reagan years, economists jettison rigid formulas and move toward a more pragmatic philosophy...
Tower insisted through aides last week that he was ready to jettison unnecessary weapons and reform Pentagon procurement, but only if Congress would quit meddling with hundreds of weapons and research projects each year. Yet unless Bush can find someone willing to serve as deputy, Tower may never get a chance to put his good intentions to work...