Word: spender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...countries are reacting with protectionism. Moreover, economic expansion around the world is so sluggish at the moment that few countries besides the U.S. are showing much demand for imports. Observes David Hale, chief economist for Kemper Financial Services: "The U.S. has been playing the role of global borrower and spender of last resort because of a sharp slowdown in the growth rates of other countries...
...some historic trend or tide. We must offer some concrete alternatives to the laissez-faire philosophy of this Administration and to its militaristic foreign policy." Most of the Democratic candidates are cautious about criticizing "militarism," for fear of being tagged antidefense, and even more cautious about advancing big- spender ideas; the national deficit is already ruinous. Hart talks about a "more important role for Government, not necessarily a larger one." Joseph Biden is somewhat more inspirational, evoking generational memories of John Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. and constantly quoting a hymn: "And he will raise you up on eagle...
...amiable neighborhood shopkeeper, has been described as the world's richest man, though he probably never was and certainly is not now. He sometimes seems to be dancing a curious line between fabulous profits and grim losses. What he was and continues to be is the world's biggest spender, a man whose unrivaled profligacy gilds his self-image as a grand merchant-statesman. This soft-spoken man with a gift for putting people at ease, the product of a strict Islamic upbringing from one of the world's most conservative and ascetic nations, has become an international symbol...
...Khashoggi may be in some financial trouble, but as a lavish spender he is still the global champion. An inside look at the Saudi sybarite's glittering world of jets, yachts, mansions, fabulous parties and glamorous "escorts." See World...
...than funny, and the second act neither coheres nor makes much sense. Dorothy Fields' lyrics are much too witty to come from the dim characters. Cy Coleman's so-so score provides two rousing standards, which evoke Fosse's cleverest numbers: the sullenly sexy ensemble come-on in Big Spender, and Allen's sprightly, sprawling solo to If My Friends Could See Me Now. Although Allen belts out the songs and adapts capably to Fosse's jagged, staccato movements, she utterly lacks Charity's doormat vulnerability. Unless she has that quality, '80s audiences may find it hard to believe...