Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When one of its planes crashes, the Air Force is usually quick to come forward with details of the accident. But after an aircraft went down during night operations near Bakersfield, Calif., last week, the military cordoned off the crash site just outside the Sequoia National Forest and refused to allow planes to fly above the wreckage. Tight-lipped spokesmen would do little more than acknowledge that a pilot had been killed...
...billion, or $58 a share, for Oakland-based Safeway Stores, the biggest supermarket chain in the U.S. Though the Hafts have the retailing expertise to enter the grocery business, some Wall Streeters think that the raiders once again intend to pass through the express checkout line to a quick profit. They already own 5.9% of Safeway's shares, which they bought earlier this year at an average price of about $42 a share. Since Safeway stock rose last week to $57.25, the Hafts could sell out now for a gain of close to $60 million...
...Meese is quick to point out that the Justice Department has not called for sweeping bans on pornography or abortion. He thinks that state and local governments should be left to rule on such issues without federal intervention. Says Meese: "What's happening here is that over the years, people favoring a more permissive atmosphere tried to impose their views on society through the courts and through legislation. People are now resisting that, trying to reverse it. Our view is that these are legal issues that ought to be left to legislatures, as close to the people as possible...
What was more striking about last week's dive was the extent to which investors now live routinely with the roller-coaster dips of the longest bull market since the 1920s. Stock-market analysts were quick to point out that the early-week drop was equivalent to only 4.2% of the Dow's value, in contrast to the record loss of nearly 13% on Oct. 28, 1929. Moreover, last Monday was the fifth notably dismal day of the year, even as the Dow has climbed about 350 points since Jan. 1. The others: Jan. 8, a 39-point loss; March...
...what exists without any promise . . . fearsomely indifferent . . . It is within this bleak natural context that beauty is encountered, and the encounter is by its nature sudden and unpredictable . . . This is why it moves us." After arguing that "art is always a form of prayer," Berger closes with a quick touch of irony: "The white wooden bird is wafted by the warm air rising from the stove in the kitchen where the neighbors are drinking. Outside, in minus 25 degrees C, the real birds are freezing to death...