Word: mutually
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sure signal of a coming collapse is supposed to be frenzied buying of stock by small investors. The little guy, or so goes the theory, always comes into the market at the worst possible time. Small investors seem to think so too: they are pouring money into mutual funds, but the majority are not doing much direct buying. Says Alfred Johnson, chief economist of the Investment Company Institute: "Small investors don't want to go head to head with the wily institutions...
...richer and freer to spend. Though the stock market is often thought of as a kind of casino for the rich, an estimated 50 million Americans, or more than a fifth of the entire population, participate in the market either through direct ownership of shares or through interests in mutual funds, pension funds and the like. Many investors who were not especially wealthy in 1982 have now joined the ranks of the rich; the long rally has created an estimated 2,500 to 5,000 new millionaires...
...Indeed, it was a Soviet decision last spring to charter three oil tankers to Kuwait that drove the Reagan Administration to counter the move by reflagging Kuwaiti vessels. But in reporting last week's negotiations with Iran, the Soviet news agency TASS noted that both Moscow and Tehran expressed mutual concern over the "unprecedented buildup of the U.S. military presence in the region." Nonetheless, the potential partnership poses problems for both countries. The Soviet Union remains a major arms supplier to Iraq. And Moscow cannot ignore the potential appeal of Khomeini's fiery fundamentalism to Soviet Muslim communities in Central...
Despite their mutual interest in avoiding a walkout, the union and the automakers face tough negotiations. The U.A.W., alarmed that during the next 2 1/2 years GM intends to close twelve plants employing 30,000 workers, is demanding something close to lifetime job security for its members. The union wants workers affected by the closings to be transferred to other parts of the company and insists that GM's unionized work force be held steady...
...would not feel like a dog trailing behind her. Even so, Collins testified, she had made him sign a prenuptial agreement giving him only 20% of her earnings during their marriage and nothing more in case of divorce. Not so, answered Holm. He claimed the document merely signified their mutual respect...