Word: stung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maestro tried to orchestrate the debate, cutting off talk with a curt "That's all." Still, plenty of sour notes were struck. The Armenian delegation stormed out in protest, radical Lithuanians vented their mistrust of the Kremlin, and ordinary Deputies griped about empty food stores. At one point, a stung Gorbachev even flared, "Don't direct any accusations at me. Just calm down...
...Stung by criticism that he has become an "accomplice" of the murderous Khmer Rouge guerrillas, Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk last week resorted to a familiar tactic. He announced yet another change in his zigzag course to a political settlement...
...Stung by the snickers, Yeltsin later claimed that the brouhaha was an attempt by Gorbachev to "ruin my health and have me withdrawn from the realm of political struggle." Not so, retorted Bakatin, who called a press conference to brand Yeltsin a liar and, giving the knife a turn, charge that his story "does not hold water." Yeltsin may recover from his soaking, but he may also discover that a politician whose private life becomes the butt of jokes eventually does not have to worry about his public life. Just ask Gary Hart...
...Says Houston venture capitalist Edward Williams: "Compaq and Apple -- those opportunities in hardware have come and gone. It's too risky at the moment. It's an industry that's maturing." Adds Sematech's Noyce: "Nobody's going to be very interested when the last people in it got stung." According to Venture Economics, a market-research firm, the number of computer-hardware makers receiving venture financing fell from 397 in 1984 to 215 last year, and software start-ups getting such funding dropped from...
...Stung by this summer's loss of more than $3 million in state aid, Cambridge may be unable to raise sufficient funds to maintain basic city services without steep tax hikes, city officials said last week...