Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days of doubt and anxiety following the stock-market crash, U.S. banks got a public vote of confidence as Americans rushed to put more of their money into nice, solid, federally insured savings and checking accounts. That was a far cry from the 1920s and '30s, when frightened investors hustled to their banks and clamored to withdraw their money. But even though angry mobs are rarely battering at their doors, today's banks and thrifts are being rocked by tremors just as dangerous as those of half a century...
...problem concerned the Administration's arms-for-hostages deals with Iran. The congressional Iran-contra committees released a memo from former National Security Adviser John Poindexter citing the Vice President as a strong supporter of the policy. Dated Feb. 1, 1986, the memo states that "president and v.p. are solid in taking the position that we have to try." Bush has said he expressed "reservations" about the plan, although he approved of it. The new memo proved that "I stood with the President," he said. Despite the difficult week, he added, "I've never felt stronger politically...
...always been good at wiring comic asides to a delay fuse, but this entire movie works on that principle. You may be out on the sidewalk before you realize that these are not just broadcasters. They represent the confused voices of all America registering shock as solid- seeming ground turns to quagmire. You may be all the way home before you realize you may have seen not just the comedy (and the comic performance) of the year, but just possibly the most insinuatingly truthful movie yet about Viet...
Last year, the junior averaged 10.2 points per game for the Crimson, while shooting a solid 47.4 percent from the field...
...homeowners in England and Wales by 1994 and instead impose a fee ranging from $500 to $1,200 per person on 33 million adults. Thatcher seeks to raise some $12 billion in revenue for local governments, which currently receive most of their money from taxes on property owners, a solid bastion of support for Thatcher's Conservatives. Opponents of the scheme, including some Tory M.P.s, charge that the new levy would fall most heavily on low-income families...