Word: pronto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parents never went to restaurants. We ate at home or at the homes of relatives--we were sensible people, not spendthrifts or dreamers. Once a year we went to the state fair and had Pronto Pups. That was it. Every Sunday morning, however, my father drove us to church, and the route took us past Murray's, and I would glance up from my Bible and the verse I was memorizing for Sunday school, and there was Murray's big marquee and the name written out in orange block letters and, above, a sign that said COCKTAILS/DANCING, and over...
...reach out and tap someone. This time, the board will conduct its own search, and the new CEO will take over pronto. The top inside candidate is John Zeglis, AT&T's vice chairman. A swift choice would provide an ironic coda: by hastening Walter's departure, Allen will have hastened his own as well...
...into the worst stock-market plunge in seven years for his misgivings to register. This is a horrible replay of 1994. You may not remember, but don't feel bad because nobody was listening then when Greenspan expressed similar concerns and, surprise, jacked interest rates higher. The market tanked, pronto. Greenspan doesn't control the markets, for sure. But his is the hand closest to the interest-rate lever, which gives him an awful lot of influence. "He took the gun out and laid it on the table," says John Manley, an analyst at Smith Barney. "He must think...
...fervor for sweeping tax cuts, rather than accepting them grudgingly, took longer. In April, with the primaries nearly over, Dole's campaign manager, Scott Reed, had an all day meeting with political and economic advisers to discuss a tax-slashing program. Several wanted to come out with one pronto, but Reed told them Dole was not ready...
...cracked across the face with a Louisville Slugger," he said, "you'd better hook me up to that morphine I.V., pronto...