Word: shock
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Robertson--most noted for her Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times Magazine article on her ordeal with Toxic Shock Syndrome, and her book, Getting Better, which chronicles her bout with alcoholism--is back, with yet another personal-account book, this one on sex discrimination at Robertson's former place of employment: The New York Times...
Eastern Europe's Shock Therapy...
HUNGARY. Former boss Janos Kadar's "goulash communism" allowed some privatization of industry (15% by 1989) and considerable self-management by state-owned enterprises. So when communism was overthrown, the new government saw no need for shock treatment; officials could institute a more gradual process of lifting price controls and reducing or eliminating subsidies. As a result, Hungary has experienced the smallest drop in production in Eastern Europe (6.5% last year) and the lowest inflation (34% for all 1991, about a third of that at year's end). Hungary has been especially successful in attracting foreign investment; it has formed...
...expected to rise to 11% by the end of this year. By some estimates, Hungarian standards of living are lower now than in 1979. A huge budget deficit is also spurring concern. One odd result is that the government is under fire for not being tough enough. "Programs that shock the populace are unavoidable, but the government has sought to avoid them," laments Marton Tardos, parliamentary leader of the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats. Still, the government's measured if plodding approach is expected to make Hungary the first post-communist country to see its economy actually grow...
...coup makers, the shock was that their move generated so little support. The military high command stood with the government; and the Venezuelan people showed that despite their unhappiness with the economy, they were not ready to give up on democracy. Still, some Venezuelans were concerned that the people did not turn out to demonstrate their support for the government or at least their rejection of military coups. In a straw poll taken after the coup, the opposition paper El Nacional found that most citizens rejected the idea of a dictatorship -- but thought the country's democratic system has lost...