Word: painless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Such painless prosperity has obvious political appeal, but Reagan may not be able to finesse the deficit issue forever. Mondale is continuing the attack he began at the Democratic Convention, where he charged that Reagan has a secret plan to raise taxes. As he declared in Wisconsin last week, "Whoever is elected, this budget must be squeezed and revenues restored. But the question is: Will it be done fairly? The question is: Who will...
...struggle of a folk song's hero or heroine. The message is "you can push for change now, but look for evidence later, often much later. There's this concept of 'paying your dues,' which everyone must go through. The same is true for social change; there's no painless solution and you've got to pay your dues...
...savior in whom this earnest vision burns is a prosperous Jewish horse trader named Balaban. He buys an old mountaintop hotel, formerly a monastery, near Vienna and issues a prospectus promising horseback riding, swimming, and the painless eradication of embarrassing gestures and ugly accents. And soon the place is filled with aging Jews of both sexes who have become burdens to their assimilated children...
...reselling its stock to Occidental, Mesa made a painless $12.5 million for simply hiring an army of bankers and lawyers to scare Citgo, and Pickens was excited about the possibilities. Two more unsuccessful but lucrative takeover bids by Mesa followed, and in August of 1983, having received his baptism in fire, was ready for the big time...
Harvard has a minor role in the tragedy of South Africa, but it is a role we cannot walk away from. We can, in a small but important way, help to see to it that the transition to a non-racist society in South Africa is as painless as possible, that the bloodshed is minimized. The success of the divestiture movement at Harvard has made it possible for Harvard to do something to increase the chance of peaceful change in South Africa...