Word: john
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carhart, a lifelong iconoclast, censures the "black gash of shame and sorrow, hacked into the national visage that is the Mall." George Crocker, the classic warrior-aristocrat, is far removed from that fray. He distinguishes himself in combat, rises to lieutenant colonel and becomes the liberator of Grenada, a John Wayne figure "doing men things in a manly manner with other...
...Street has become an ever more volatile place. Deregulation and the growth of computerized trading have left the stock market vulnerable to violent swings. "People have to get used to the idea that at certain points 5% to 10% declines are possible in today's highly automated markets," says John Phelan, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Yet even some Wall Street insiders have had misgivings. Warns Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache Securities: "A 7% drop in the Dow Jones index is destabilizing to individual investors, and we need them in the market, not just the program...
...treasures uncovered there -- including some 57 kg (125.6 lbs.) of gold jewelry never before shown outside Iraq. The find, which was made by Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, head of the Iraqi team at Nimrud, has turned out to be, by all accounts, one of the most important in modern times. John Curtis, an archaeologist from the British Museum, describes the treasure of Nimrud as the most significant archaeological discovery since King Tutankhamen's tomb was uncovered in Egypt...
ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS: Richard Duncan, Karsten Prager, John F. Stacks...
SENIOR WRITERS: David Brand, Margaret Carlson, George J. Church, Richard Corliss, Otto Friedrich, Paul Gray, John Greenwald, Robert Hughes, Walter Isaacson, Ed Magnuson, Lance Morrow, Bruce W. Nelan, Frederick Painton, Walter Shapiro, R.Z. Sheppard, Frank Trippett...