Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Yorker close to Clinton describes the problem this way: "She can't stay way up in the clouds. She's got to come down." But she remains distant, shielded by her old, fierce band of loyalists (former chief of staff Maggie Williams has come back from Paris to help). Remaking herself won't be easy, especially in a year when the press is busy gauging each candidate's authenticity. So far, her attempts to turn herself into a New Yorker have been amateurish. When the Chicago native proclaimed herself a closet Yankees fan, when the Methodist disclosed her Jewish roots...
...15th century China. He's ruling a 21st century nation in which the role of Communist Party leadership is being questioned. Explains Jonathan Pollack, the Rand Corp.'s chief China expert: "Jiang is something of a paradoxical figure... The leadership is very anxious. They have a collective self-esteem problem." Jiang's response is to try to be as reassuring as possible. He is a man who scrupulously avoids breaking eggs...
...problem is that there is much in China that needs breaking. In fine imperial tradition, Jiang has left this task to an underling. While Jiang pacifies by practicing the art of the possible, it is Premier Zhu who prefers--even enjoys--sharpening his teeth on the impossible. Zhu staked his personal prestige on doing a WTO deal single-handedly when he traveled to the U.S. in April--and failed when the White House decided a deal was politically unwise. Jiang patiently waited for Clinton to approach him, meanwhile building a consensus among the Chinese leadership that made the final negotiations...
...went as far as to trademark and license the date 01-01-00 for New Year's gewgaws. No sooner did the milestone begin looming than advertisers began trying to persuade us to, say, associate the Roman numeral 2000--MM--with a certain candy-coated chocolate. Even the Y2K problem has morphed from potential cataclysm to commercial punch line: a Nike ad shows a man going for a jog New Year's morning as the lights flicker out around town, money shoots out of ATMs, people panic in the streets, and an errant missile zooms by overhead...
...message over the Net as a voice file, which you then play back through your PC speakers. A small banner on your screen alerts you to incoming calls and lets you store and delete messages. I tried the service several times, and it worked fine except for one problem: I couldn't talk to anybody unless I logged off and dialed them back. It's fun to screen calls, but my friends report that the shameless self-promotion in Callwave's voice-mail greeting gets tired really fast...