Word: riches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1970s, when President Jimmy Carter sold the handover treaty to Congress, there was much whining about turning the canal into little more than an expensive toll road. The latest version of this anxiety adds a national security tweak: fear of China. In 1997, the Panamanian government finalized a rich deal with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., based in Hong Kong, to run two ports near the entrances to the canal. American-owned Bechtel lost out to Hutchison under a less than transparent bidding process...
...holiday to get rested, they go away to get ahead, attaching the word working to vacation as readily as most of us hang out the mental GONE FISHING sign. The big difference this year is that it's Hillary who is driving the agenda, soaking the rich where the rich are soaking, hoping to raise well over $1 million in 10 days...
...change jobs, leaping into the employment void, imagining rich opportunities everywhere. The quit rate, a measure of those who voluntarily left their most recent job, is at 14.5%, the highest in a decade. Even among those schooled in risk management, hotshot M.B.A.s who previously would have headed to Wall Street or Main Street, there is a predilection to spurn Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble in order to take a flyer on striking it rich quickly in dot.com land. "I didn't want someone in 20 years to ask me where I was when the Internet took off," says Greg Schoeny...
...ESPN SportsCenter anchor: Chess has a rich history of personal rivalry and quirky characters, and they need to publicize that aspect. Obviously, contestants should also wear those Lycra body suits, and I think the replay rule should be seriously considered. Frankly, I'm shocked it's not on pay-per-view...
...right mixture of sarcasm, melancholy and self-righteousness. And she's only one among the well-imagined, glam-free nerds and burnouts in this high-spirited, heartfelt story set in 1980. Amid TV's endless regatta of 1,000-watt, magazine-cover-ready superteens, NBC has created a rich, character-driven ensemble show, fueled by Styx music and outsiders' gallows humor, that's more Richard Linklater than Kevin Williamson--and has rewarded it with a time slot in Saturday night's Siberia. Now, in fact, might be a good time to register www.save-f&g.com In the meantime...