Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whatever it is called, its effect on the American economy has been painful and profound. More than 6 million permanent pink slips have been handed out since 1987, and layoffs are occurring at an even faster pace this year than in 1992. Despite signs of a brisker economy, at least 87 large firms announced major job cuts in the first two months of 1993 alone...
...star of "Romancing the Throne" is Bart St. Clair. His "save the Last Prince for Me," is an acrobatic show stopper. The audience stomps along to the bouncy show-tune, while St. Clair gyrates in a hot pink leotard and spike heels...
After church, Mobutu joins guests for a flute of his favorite pink Laurent Perrier champagne at the nearby presidential palace. Like an amiable monarch amid courtiers, he bows gracefully to kiss a woman's hand and banters politely with a local Jesuit priest before herding everyone across an immense terrace toward a buffet laden with lobster and thick steaks. In the 100 degrees heat, a wave of satisfaction seems to envelop the presidential party, a sense that all is still well in this remote hinterland far from the chaos afflicting the rest of the country...
True, but many Montgomery County voters are even more fed up with bad schools, murderous streets, pink slips and health-care nightmares. "People are willing to pay more as long as they understand where the money is going," says Dayton Mayor Richard Dixon, a Democrat. As proof, he notes that local voters have approved three tax increases...
...career bureaucrats at Justice formed a strong middle- management layer that protected the department against the excesses of political appointees. But under Reagan and Bush, even the lowliest attorney had to pass an ideological litmus test. "When Reagan was elected, the political appointees came in and started handing out pink slips all over the place," recalls Stuart Smith, president of Council 26 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...