Word: spares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...because of the recession, which pushed unemployment 9.5% in May, the highest level since the beginning of World War II. Priscilla Mantle's husband lost his job as regional manager of a truck-leasing firm in Dallas two months ago. Says she: "I haven't got a spare dime to my name. I've cut back all my spending on anything that isn't absolutely necessary. I'm even cutting down on food. We're able to make our house payments and all that, but it's very close...
Finally the Stones returned. They cut down, new wave-style, on Some Girls, stayed spare on Emotional Rescue and blasted back into the past with Tattoo You, certainly the best rock and roll album ever put out by a bunch of guys in their forties. They are now back to where they started, reviving Eddie Cochran and Smokey Robinson on Still Life and shamelessly churning through "Under My Thumb" and "Let's Spend the Night Together" while millions upon millions bellow their approval. In their latest incarnation as rock archivists, the Stones are once again leading the U.S. back...
...Spare us any more attempts to find seriousness in the fantasies of Steven Spielberg. His influence on American movies has been disastrous and has unfortunately convinced industry executives that only films using gadgetry and cheap shocks will be successful...
Marshall, a fifth year graduate student who expects to receive his Ph. D. in Astrophysics next year, sees himself as both an organizer of graduate activities and a conveyor of student concerns to the administration. This spring he spent his spare time organizing GSAS intramurals, sending a delegation to Washington to protest proposed student loss cuts, and trying to convince administration officials that graduate students have many of the same social and counseling needs as undergraduates...
...Iran and thereby follows the ancient adage "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Last week Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon surprised even his Cabinet colleagues by confirming reports that Israel has indeed been providing Iran with a limited amount of military aid, reportedly consisting of ammunition and spare parts for planes. U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger made clear to Sharon that the U.S. did not appreciate the Israeli aid to Iran...