Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon as the horn blew, they were applying for social security benefits. They were inquiring about condo rates in Florida. They were digging into their closets for golf clubs...
Signs of severe economic pain grew more evident last week. Fearing a run on deposits, Panama's 120 banks remained closed. Thousands of retirees, unable to cash their social-security checks, blocked traffic and angrily waved their pay slips in the air. The government cashed the checks the next day at special offices, after delivering the money in heavily guarded armored cars. But ordinary shoppers were out of luck because grocery stores refused to accept checks or credit cards. While Noriega appeared to pacify soldiers by meeting the military payroll, Panama's government workers faced a cashless payday this week...
...kaffiyeh, like wrapping it as a mask around the face during guerrilla actions, are not yet widely attempted Stateside. But Ruether suggests that heavy sales of the scarves, mostly made in Jordan, Syria and the West Bank, could be a small economic boon to the Palestinians. Such social considerations still take a backseat to fashion. "Hey," says Gene Bursage, 19, of Brooklyn, who has worn his scarf every day, and in every temperature, since he bought it last November. "It's a scarf, that's what it is, that's all it is. What did you say it was called...
...President, then, this practical man would probably cool the right-wing fervor that propelled Ronald Reagan to the White House. Ultraconservatives suspect that the Vice President might be a lamb in lion's clothing, particularly on social issues. Take abortion. "My position," said Bush in 1984, "is exactly the same as Ronald Reagan's." But last week, while explaining that Reagan would permit abortion only when the mother's life is at stake, Bush modified that stand. "I would add rape and incest," he said. Overall, it marked the fourth time he has changed his position on the sensitive subject...
...Vice President talks about returning moral values to the classroom, but only recently has he advocated specific, contentious proposals like restoring prayer in school. "I wouldn't be surprised if Bush treated social issues exactly as Reagan learned to do," says a Bush aide. "Reagan paid them plenty of lip service but didn't do too much to actually promote them...