Word: problem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Crossing into Czechoslovakia was no problem. But entering Hungary required an East German exit permit they did not have. The Breites had to abandon the car and ford a river under cover of darkness. Sympathetic Czechs led them to a spot on the Ipoly, a shallow Danube tributary, where other East Germans were making the same trek. Olaf carried two children across; Marlies toted the third. On the Hungarian side, their luck held. Though it was 3:30 a.m., a bus happened by. "There were other refugees inside," Marlies recalls. "And we kept picking up people all along the route...
...next 90 days must go through me," shouts Cash, from a distance of no more than four inches from Parker's ear. "I am God around here, and I am going to see to it that none of you ever gets out of here. You've got a problem with me. I am a certified psycho. I hate this job, and I hate you. I got too much responsibility for a psycho." The tirade continues. "You're in here for burglary," he shrieks at Parker. "You are stupid, you know that? I wish it had been my house...
...become a hardened way of life. The program appears to work best for youngsters who might have been helped just as much by a resolute kick in the pants and some productive community service and victim reparation. Perhaps that is a more realistic way of coping with the burgeoning problem of youthful crime...
...Bush know? Was he too preoccupied with his busy White House schedule, not attentive enough to this festering problem? Was it a time when intuition should have prodded...
Given a choice between two product lines, one thriving and the other struggling, most companies would have no problem deciding which one to embrace. But for Zenith, the decision was painful. The suburban-Chicago company surprised the high-tech industry last week by agreeing to sell its prosperous computer division to France's Groupe Bull for about $635 million. In doing so, Zenith, the last major U.S. maker of TV sets, decided to stake its future on that risky and supercompetitive business...