Word: savioring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with a military man done in by the politicians. He turned to the people for the way to the country's salvation: "You can always trust them and believe in them, for in their hearts they are good and true." The people, in turn, looked to him as a savior. MacArthur for President organizations mushroomed...
...reasons, and because so many view George Bush and Bill Clinton as "just" politicians, Perot could actually win in November. The anecdotal evidence supports the surveys. People see Perot as a personification of the American Dream (from newsboy to billionaire) and want to believe in him as a political savior. They are eager to perceive him as having the character and temperament to be President. So far, he has performed like the supersalesman he is. The grass-roots, empowering feel of his effort ("If you sign it, he will run") survives his having hired some political pros; few believe Perot...
...prospect of Serbian domination under the intolerant Milosevic helped speed the secession of Slovenia and Croatia, whose own fanatically nationalist leader fueled fears among the Serb minority there. It was as the savior of the Serbs who live outside Serbia's borders -- nearly one-third of the community -- that Milosevic entered the fray. His strategy has been simple -- and effective. He stirs up Serbs with talk of imminent genocide, then sets his proxies loose to "protect" them, with fatal consequences for Croats and Muslims. Yet he insists that his aim is not the creation of a Greater Serbia, only...
...corporate buyers. Faced with debilitating debts, rising defections by suppliers and disappointing holiday sales, the New York City retailer dubbed the world's largest store is on the verge of bankruptcy. Last week, only hours before a deadline to pay some of its creditors, Macy's almost found a savior in the person of billionaire Laurence Tisch, chairman of CBS and a member of the retailer's board. Through his family-controlled Loews Corp., Tisch offered to purchase the store chain and inject as much as $1 billion in new capital, buying out stockholders and bond owners at prices below...
Actually Benny is a lot stranger than his father imagines. The boy has decided he is an ethereal spirit -- "Angel of Plagues, Angel of Ice, Angel of Lightning" -- and has had wings tattooed on his back. Benny also sees himself as the appointed savior of Catchprice Motors. Never mind that his relatives think him fit for nothing but pumping gas. "This is a family business," Benny tells a prospective salesman. "It's a snake-pit. They all hate each other. None of them can sell a car. If you work here, you'd have to work...