Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...north of Baghdad. Playing its small part in the worldwide sanctions against Iraq, the firm has announced layoffs of 650 workers. Near Beasley, Texas, Jack Wendt, who farms 1,500 acres of rice and grain, calculates that he will earn $72,000 less than in 1989 because of the sudden disappearance of the U.S. rice industry's best customer, Iraq. In Paris, Airbus Industrie has put on hold a deal to sell five A310 wide-body jets to Iraqi Airways at about $70 million a plane...
...have all been the poorer for this. And we are infinitely the richer for his sudden and glorious reincarnation by Gerard Depardieu in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's faithful and generous adaptation of Rostand's work. For the film not only restores this splendid spirit to his rightful place in our consciousness but also redeems a virtually abandoned cinematic tradition...
...that he threw away his ace. For 12 years Bradley was that rarest of breeds, a politician of decency, candor and intellect. "He looked at issues one at a time, voted as he thought right and never ducked," says G.O.P. consultant Roger Stone. Until this year. All of a sudden, the architect of the 1986 federal Tax Reform Act avoided taking a position on Florio's taxes. A "state matter," said the Senator...
Student protesters have called for reform of the Administrative Board, the disciplinary body responsible for hearing cases of alleged rape and for punishing rapists. In response to these demands, the administration on Wednesday agreed to set up a commision to study possible reform of the Ad Board. The sudden emergence of the issue may also encourage Harvard to study the policies of other schools and the opinions of experts...
...family of any type is subject to sudden change. Social historian Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, writing in the journal Family Affairs, points out that just as today's at-home mother may be tomorrow's working mom, today's career woman may soon be pregnant and thinking about remaining at home. "One day the Ozzie and Harriet couple is eating a family meal," says Whitehead. "The next day, they are working out a joint-custody arrangement...