Word: stirred
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...magic solution that will fix the banks' problems," says Lawrence White, a New York University economist. "The banks made a whole lot of bad loans, and nothing is going to solve that over the short run." The long run is another matter. While the ambitious plan is certain to stir furious debate, the flexibility it promises just might yield a more profitable and competitive U.S. banking system in the next century...
...failure to deal with the Palestinian problem could likewise stir rebellion in Jordan. Even if Hussein weathers such storms, the Jordanian economy has been wrecked by the cutoff of trade with Iraq prescribed by U.N. sanctions; the specter of the 1989 riots prompted by government austerity measures still looms large...
...think what this forum is intended to do is stir debate on [the issue]," said residential committee chair Daniel H. Tabak '92, arguing that the event was not simply a show of support for the protesting Afro-Am concentrators...
...help stir warm Christmas sentiments and loosen those purse strings, stores are emphasizing family ties this year. Montgomery Ward has donated $2 million worth of VCRs and videocams to the U.S.O. for American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf. Families of servicemen and -women are invited to go into the chain's stores and videotape holiday messages for them. The J.C. Penney's in East Brunswick, N.J., is kindling the holiday spirit with a giveaway. Customers can get a $10 discount on new coats by turning in any old coat; the used garments are then donated to the needy...
Bush and his White House handlers were hoping that last week's excursion carried its own antidote to pessimism. There were 350 journalists accompanying the President, and most of them seemed to approve of his performance. The network anchors rushed for their desert tunics and created as much stir among the troops as the President himself. At the end of the Thanksgiving stage show, elaborate broadcasting facilities in the middle of the desolate sand beamed back live reports from the media superstars...