Word: specters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential election campaign enters its final lap, the economy is waving green and yellow flags, giving the White House cause for both concern and cheer. Government statistics released last week showed that growth is faltering and raised the specter that the U.S. might be headed for a new recession. But at the same time, interest rates dipped, lifting hopes that the recovery will gain new pep. On top of that, Britain cut the price of its North Sea oil by $1.35 per bbl. to $28.65, and Nigeria followed with a $2 reduction to $28. The breaks in oil prices...
...rates. The consensus report foresees the prime rate climbing back up to 13% by the end of the year from its current level of 12.75%, and moving to 14.5% by the close of 1985. That prospect had Caldwell tempering his own optimism for the year ahead. Said he: "The specter of higher interest rates is disturbing. People in the business community are very concerned." However, Walter Wriston, former chairman of New York's Citicorp who retired in August, offered a more bullish view when he predicted a "drifting down of interest rates over the next six to eight months...
...America because when they look at EI Salvador and Nicaragua, they see the possibility of the Russian Revolution happening all over again. They see the overthrow of capitalism, the ripping away of their markets, their profits, an end to the despotic rule of the landlords, bosses, military, and the specter of workers and peasants taking power--as was done in 1917 in Russia under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party. Despite the bureaucratic degeneration led by Stalin, the economic gains of the Russian Revolution remain and must be defended against imperialist counter-revolution...
...difficult moral dilemma in every individual case, one in which Government should play no role. "Does every woman in America have to present herself before some judge picked by Jerry Falwell to clear her personal judgment?" he asked, raising as he did three times in the debate the specter of the influence claimed by the leader of the Moral Majority...
Democratic Candidate Walter Mondale is quick to raise this specter. "Don't let Mr. Reagan get his hands on the Supreme Court!" he shouted at the N.A.A.C.P. convention. Appearing at George Washington University last week, Mondale declared, "This election is not about Republicans sending hecklers to my rallies. It is about Jerry Falwell picking Justices for the Supreme Court." (The Fundamentalist preacher had earlier boasted that "we" will get three to five high court appointments.) The line drew a prolonged standing ovation for Mondale and a "We want Fritz" chant from the students. But the Democratic candidate usually makes...