Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Socialites who feel insecure shopping anywhere but at the most exclusive salons may want to consult the opinion of an unexpected new arbiter: U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet. Last week the Manhattan-based judge named the 55 classiest retail stores in the U.S. He compiled the list as a way of enforcing a November trademark-infringement ruling in which he prohibited the toniest U.S. stores from selling Elizabeth Taylor's new fragrance, called Passion (price: $165 per oz. of perfume). Sweet had ruled that the upper-crust marketplace already belonged to an older Passion ($270), which the French firm Annick...
...project to aid the homeless run by Manhattan's Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Lasker praised Boesky for his "remarkable cooperation" with authorities but indicated that a jail term of more than six months was unavoidable because his crimes have aroused the "passions of public opinion...
...gather the most informed opinion possible on the outlook, TIME last week conducted its own survey of 17 leading forecasters. They were chosen for their reputations and the accuracy of their past predictions. The economists represent academia, the financial community and business, and include several experts from Europe and Japan...
Their views on the U.S. economy for 1988 were far from uniform, but the majority opinion was firm and a bit surprising. Despite the stock crash, the plunging dollar and the scary new trade figures, most of the economists insist that America will muddle along next year with no recession, no significant rise in unemployment or inflation and only a modest increase in interest rates. Their median forecast is for growth in the gross national product, after adjustment for inflation, to slow only slightly, from 3.4% this year to 2.7% in 1988. Asserts Sam Nakagama of the Manhattan-based consulting...
After this first summit, Gorbachev was more impatient than ever with the diplomats of both sides who were slogging away in Geneva. He was also emboldened about his ability to compete with the Great Communicator in Washington for the hearts and minds of international public opinion. Said one of his advisers: "The General Secretary decided to take a more active, direct and public role in advancing the process. He resolved to seize the bull by the horns...