Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...afraid to die. But we have already lost a lot of blood. We must leave the square...
China last week was not the China of freedom banners and victory signs. That China perished on June 4. The new China brutally rejected the demands for change that are sweeping the Communist world. But in ordering the bloody suppression of the democracy movement, the government lost much of its authority, leaving itself isolated and condemned at home and abroad. There are even fears that Chinese Communism may be reaching backward for a discredited tool. Warned a Western diplomat: "Everything that has gone on has been preparation for Stalinist terror. Deng Xiaoping is an old Communist who , believes that when...
...virtually shut ! down. Automobile, tire and auto-parts production have come to a stop. Ranchers have halted delivery of cattle because they are being paid with uncashable checks. The government cannot print money fast enough, so a severe cash shortage has prompted bank closings. Because the austral has lost 90% of its value since February, most people try to conduct their business in U.S. dollars, although it is now illegal to do so. According to private estimates, what is left of the economy runs on $500 million worth of austral notes and $5 billion in U.S. currency...
Publishing has long since lost the gentlemanly style it had in the days when Andrew's father, the late Craig Wylie, was a senior editor for Houghton Mifflin. The young Wylie's transgression is that he disobeys the few rules that are left. He rustles writers from other agents, which he admits, noting, "This is not Texas ranching; these are not cattle with a brand." He has been accused of representing authors before they know it. "That's a lie," he says. And when it comes to negotiating, he's slippery: "Sometimes I make it up as I go along...
...finances, focusing on a book deal that is at least as unorthodox as Wright's. When Gingrich co-wrote Window of Opportunity in 1984, he formed a limited partnership and gathered $105,000 from 21 conservative supporters to underwrite the project. Window sold only 12,000 copies, but the lost investments turned into tax write-offs for the backers. Gingrich's wife Marianne was paid a salary of $11,500 for her work in helping establish the partnership. Democrats filed a formal complaint about the book deal with the House ethics committee in April; Common Cause joined in last month...