Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dilemma is no less uncomfortable for the local residents. Dror, who speaks Arabic fluently, asks shopkeepers why their stores are closed. Says one: "I got a telephone call reminding me that there is a commerce strike for 21 days to protest the expulsions and killings." The call came from the Shabiba, a P.L.O.-affiliated youth group. A major instructs Dror, "Tell them to open the shops. Tell them we shall weld their doors shut and not let them open for a week." He points to welding instruments. Ten minutes later most shops are open. Grumbles one Arab: "The Shabiba will...
...next turning point may come this Friday, when the Government releases the U.S. trade-deficit figure for November. If the deficit shrinks from October's $17.6 billion to $15 billion or less, the financial markets are likely to take this as evidence that the dollar has fallen enough to begin remedying the problem. But if the gap remains wide, the beleaguered dollar may need an even more costly rescue mission...
...Vietnamese seem enthusiastic about American tourism, the U.S. Government is distinctly less so. Washington does not officially recognize the regime in Hanoi, and the Treasury Department enforces rules that hobble travelers and prevent tour operators from advertising. Members of the Vietnamese community in the U.S. may feel further discouraged from making a visit: supporters of Nguyen Cao Ky, former Vice President of South Viet Nam now in exile in California, insist that a trip to the homeland abets the enemy...
...accustomed to deference and heavy staff support, Haig campaigns more like a front runner than a financially strapped dark horse. He careers through the South behind police motorcades. His staff tries to rent official-looking black limousines. In New Hampshire, Haig prefers suites in cozy inns to more practical, less costly motels. His aides refer to him as "the general...
...tangible shares of a corporation, which can be held for the long term. The person who buys or sells a stock-index future, in contrast, is making a short-term bet on which direction the overall market is going to go in the near future, usually a month or less. Thus the Chicago Merc is used primarily by brokerage firms and speculators seeking quick profits, and by money managers who want to hedge their portfolios against losses in the stock market. The rules of the two games are wildly disparate. In the stock market, the margin requirement -- the percentage...