Word: sad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sad to see that he excludes [from his great books curriculum] the cultural diversity that is the hallmark of modern life," Shattuck said...
Ameche walks through the film with sad, bloodhound eyes and a bad hair piece meant to make him look 20 years younger--that is, 60, instead of 80. But he can do no wrong here--and neither can Mantegna or Prosky, who by now can surely play whatever roles Mamet writes for them in their sleep--and here they seem...
...with them on the pier for a while listening to them talk. They were rearranging the yacht club deck and discussing a sad wedding that they'd been to that day. The bride's father, a lobster man, had died recently. "They found his boat, but no one on it," one said...
Considering the size of the dollar's decline, the improvement in trade figures has been surprisingly small. The sad truth is that American industry simply is not in good enough shape to take advantage of the weak dollar. Many companies have trouble matching the quality of products from abroad. Other firms are running into production bottlenecks because they have skimped on investment. Some industries have been virtually wiped out by foreign competition: the share of the U.S. consumer electronics market held by American companies has plunged from almost 100% in 1970 to less than 5% today. When the Japanese started...
...Speculator ($200 a year), admits that he was "clobbered" by the crash and its aftermath. He regrets failing to warn his readers, saying, "We had a lot of new clients who had signed up at the top of the market. Their stocks did not do well. It was very sad for me." Frank, 58, lost $750,000 of his own money, and his subscriber list has dwindled from 5,700 a year...