Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women and children is something that "is not known in, maybe, your circles," the comment was hotly denounced by the Palestinians as an "outright racist statement." In the midst of this tinderbox, Koppel handled himself with poise / and scrupulous fairness, trying his best (not always successfully) to cut short rambling speeches and keeping emotions under control by the sheer force of his calming intellect...
...Chirac, the arithmetic was more problematical. In addition to his 19.9%, the experts reckoned he could count on 11.5 percentage points from Le Pen's voters and 15 from the Barre camp. That would still leave him short...
...Democratic leaders struggled on Wednesday to line up votes and woo as many Republicans as possible to their side, the roll call was delayed several times. When the tally was finally taken at 5:11 p.m., the bill passed by 63 to 36, but that was three votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. For the moment, and perhaps for the rest of the year, Congress's drive to do something to reduce America's debilitating trade deficit was stalled...
...remedy this situation by investing heavily in expansion, but much of the equipment they need comes from foreign suppliers. In fact, the U.S. now gets about 50% of its machine tools from abroad. Importing such capital goods will help build up America's industrial base, but in the short run, it will exacerbate the trade deficit...
...Bobby began to blaze a trail of righteousness. Or he simply elevated his vaunted ruthlessness to new heights, depending on whom you asked. Either way, history was being shaped. No journalist could resist going along for the ride. . It was to be a short one, just long enough for a candidate to grow and change before the nation's eyes. And then an assassin took history into his own hands. Just as the world was beginning to know him, Bobby Kennedy left...