Word: overnights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...education and employment training that teens need both before and after childbearing "could incur equal or greater public costs than welfare," the C.D.F. reports. With teen pregnancy and poverty, says Edelman, "we are trying to change cultural + signals, to change the way people think -- and that doesn't happen overnight." That prospect will no doubt discourage many, but for Marian Wright Edelman it is another step on a long march...
These are the theoretical scenarios. And at first 1987A seemed to be following the rules: it jumped from near invisibility to respectable brightness literally overnight, and while its wave-front speed was high, its spectrum revealed the unmistakable hydrogen-bearing signature of a Type II. But when the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite reported a rapid drop in ultraviolet light, scientists began to wonder. Says Robert Kirshner, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: "The spectrum we're seeing in the ultraviolet resembles the spectrum of a Type I. That's a puzzle." Admits Texas' Wheeler: "There are some funny features...
...summoning his tremendous skills as an orator, Reagan once again managed to swing events his way, however temporarily. The address won bipartisan plaudits on Capitol Hill and favorable coverage in the press. Overnight polls showed the President's approval rating, which had sagged to a four-year low, rising by as much as 9 points. At the White House, the mood changed from tragic to triumphant. "There's a big difference over there," said Nancy Reynolds, a close friend of the Reagans'. "You can hear it in people's voices. You can smell...
...lack of significant contra military gains until now as proof that they cannot win. Perhaps. But it is equally possible that the lack of success has to do with two years of a grossly unbalanced arms race between the contras and the Sandinistas. Such imbalances are not rectified overnight, nor do they lend themselves to military spectaculars by the disarmed party. Guerrilla war requires arms, training and, above all, time for building an infrastructure in the countryside. The Sandinistas were in the field for 17 years before their victory over Somoza...
...trade deficit, the latest slip in the peso did not surprise economists. And the end is not in sight: most experts believe the peso will fall to 1,800 by year's end. Three-digit inflation is expected to continue. On Feb. 1 the postal service doubled its rates overnight without warning. A majority of the 20 million-member work force reportedly earns less than the minimum wage of $3.45 a day. Under such circumstances, even last year's 20-fold increase in Mexico City's subway fare to 2 cents a ride was cause for bitter resentment. Reason...