Word: sours
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan probably knows full well what he wants to do, but he has the stage director's savvy to let the drama build and the political wisdom to keep that last option open should the world turn sour. He had a teacher, Franklin Roosevelt. For three years F.D.R. built up the idea of a third term with his silence. He may have confided in Eleanor, but probably not until the end of that time, according to his former administrative assistant James Rowe. When asked about his plans, Roosevelt never gave a direct answer. Rowe and others were too awed...
Suddenly, in the midst of all the joy, one small child cried forth, "I'm hungry! SOur family lost my father, my mother lost her job, and I lost AFDC payments. When will there be a recovery...
...power plants have had to promise exceptionally high tax-exempt interest rates of more than 9% to sell new bonds. Several utilities, like North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, postponed their offerings to avoid testing the market. Some industry insiders fear that the continuing Whoops mess could ultimately sour investors on the entire spectrum of municipal bonds. Says James Lebenthal, whose appearances in television commercials have made him America's most recognizable municipal bond dealer: "I feel threatened, and so does the whole industry. I feel the shame of Whoops...
...pours honey into other men's wives"; "The Russian has three strong principles: perhaps, somehow and never mind." In the epoch of the Romanoffs, wisdom was the only thing that was shared equally. Cossacks who conducted pogroms and victims in the shtetls flavored their remarks with the same sour salt. Russian: "The rich would have to eat money, but luckily the poor provide food." Yiddish: "If the rich could hire others to die for them, the poor could make a nice living...
Bubblegum, shrimp, sour cream and onion, cinnamon, deep chocolate, and nacho are only a few of the flavors set to hit Harvard Square later this month when the Cornpopper store opens on Mt. Auburn St. And while the merchandise may be novel, the Cambridge locate is in no way an experiment Cornpopper stores have already proved successful in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, according to Steven Gainsborough, the chain's associate owner...