Word: mark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America's fall, but rather the mechanics of this transition, that pose the greatest threat to U.S. security. Because Japan has purchased huge amounts of U.S. government bonds, the U.S. government is dependent upon that country for continued support. Japan has bought up Western banks and corporations, making its mark in the private sector. Even state governments are clamoring for the investment of what is now the world's foremost economic power. Japan does not simply control lands and stocks; it can wield its financial control to influence American policy...
...Crimson took an early two-seat lead over a rebuilt Bulldog crew at the one-mile mark and slowly but relentlessly built...
Even if Kadar should manage to cling to his job, the party conference appeared to mark the end of his era. Placed in power on the eve of the Soviet invasion that crushed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kadar was initially reviled as the "Butcher of Budapest" for his role in the brutal repression that followed. He later gained popularity with his bold economic experiments, which gave the country more than a decade of prosperity. But the economy began to falter in the late 1970s, leading to a sharp decline in living standards...
These early scenes have a vigor and pictorial sharpness that mark Boyd's best writing. After reading the description of the Todds' house, the reader feels he could find his way around it in the dark. The chapter on the school is as effective in miniature as any number of public school classics. Todd's closest friend is an acne-ridden chap named Hamish who happens to be a mathematical wizard. Hamish is the goat of some brutish schoolboy pranks, but he is too intoxicated by his own theories to care very much. His presence gives rise to some authorial...
...figure in West Germany's close-knit, 30,000-member Jewish community. As chairman of the Central Council of Jews for 22 years, he played a key role in German-Jewish reconciliation. At a funeral ceremony, Chancellor Helmut Kohl eulogized Nachmann as a "moral authority" who had "made his mark on the history of our republic...