Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patrick Sheehy described the offer as "no more than an ill-conceived attempt at destructive financial engineering," designed to give the raiders a quick payout by stripping the company's assets. London investors questioned the feasibility of Goldsmith's financing, while corporate chieftains feared he might set off a rash of leveraged takeover raids...
...arrival, Nash looked through a telescope "longer than a football field" to view the rising sun. She glimpsed a stunning, white-hot world swept by turbulence that made it look "grainy, as if sprinkled with sand." At the same time, she saw that "gargantuan sunspots had erupted like a rash" on either side of the solar equator...
Attempts at economic and political reform in China, the Soviet Union and other Communist countries often seem to consist of two steps forward and one or even two steps back. In China the recent rash of student-led mass demonstrations is just the latest manifestation of deep public discontent over the price of economic reform. In the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev's position has been similarly threatened as the benefits of perestroika have thus far failed to match the short-term costs...
...National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI say it will take months to determine what caused the crash. But that has not stopped a rash of rumors from circulating in Pensacola, a town of 60,000 where Gulf Power is one of the biggest employers. Many thought the crash was caused by either suicide or sabotage and is linked to the investigation. The speculation was fueled by a telephone call made to the local sheriff's office three hours after the plane went down. "You can stop investigating Gulf Power now," said an anonymous caller. "We took care of that...
HEATHERS. There's a disturbing mortality rate among Westerburg High's snooty elite. A rash of suicides? Or is someone killing the prom queens of Ohio? Daniel Waters' witty script touches two stark teen issues: the need to be accepted and the urge...