Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lion's share of the risk. The only sure winners are the wealthy, whether they are individuals or corporations." Echoed Jerry Wurf, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: "What we are seeing is the beginning of an Administration that will do two things-reward the rich and screw the poor." William Winpisinger, liberal head of the machinists union, advocated giving the Reagan program a chance-if only to show workers how insensitive a Republican regime can be. Noted Winpisinger: "This is not a society accustomed to austerity...
...Hara knew the bunny-hug, the turkey trot, the tango, the fox trot and the polka, and had a good sense of humor. Thus, the woman who earned his wrath at the speakeasy might have earned another reward in different circumstances...
...grips with one's self?" The existence of the book seems to prove that it is not impossible; at least it underlines the value involved in the attempt to face one's past. Sifting through the jumble of memories with the author is sometimes hard and frustrating, but the reward--a stronger sense of our own relation to our childhood and our history--makes the effort well worthwhile...
...morally bankrupt because it appeals to people's greed for profit. Forcefully confronting these charges, Gilder maintains that the entrepreneur is not a selfish accumulator of wealth but the creative figure in society, who uses his talents and capital in risky ventures that have no guarantee of reward. The businessman's sacrifices and courage are the engines of economic progress...
...vociferous group of critics contends that by turning over any cash at all to the Iranians, the U.S. is paying ransom to the kidnapers and setting a potentially disastrous precedent. Says Michael Ledeen, editor of the Washington Quarterly: "I don't think we should reward criminals with money." Adds Edward Luttwak, a foreign policy expert at Georgetown University: "By saving 52 lives, we sacrificed diplomats all over a world riddled with half-crazy governments." This view is also heard abroad, though mostly in nongovernmental circles. The Swiss newspaper Journal de Genève asserts that the agreement "suggests...