Word: sufference
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turmoil has posed no significant risks for small depositors. When a bank collapses, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reimburses them for up to $100,000 on their lost accounts. As it happens, about 500 U.S. banking institutions carry no federal insurance, and many of their depositors could suffer in case of failure. Nonetheless, says John S. Reed, chairman of New York's Citicorp ($145 billion), the largest U.S. banking company: "To the extent that we've had difficulties, the consumer has been very well protected." When Continental Illinois got into trouble, the Federal Government even guaranteed deposits...
...adroitly combining showy tactics and solid scholarship, Allred over the past ten years has become one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes. Declares Allred: "The law should be a sword and shield against the wrongs that women are forced to suffer...
...what has been labeled Africa's worst famine yet, 300,000 people have already starved to death in Ethiopia and an additional 1 million may perish before the storm begins to abate. Up to seven million currently risk starvation while still others will suffer from prolonged malnutrition. Domestic harvests scheduled to commence next month probably will yield only two thirds of the usual total and the next major harvest is not expected for another year. There's no guarantee that those harvests won't fail; specialists have estimated that a minimum of 600,000 metric tons of grain will...
...hand, felt the draft had little to offer. While applauding the well-intended goals of the bishops, they said that many of the specific proposals were shopworn ideas that had failed in the very recent past or might prove counterproductive. Many economists, for example, believe that the U.S. would suffer a new inflationary surge if the Government tried to push unemployment down to 3%, as the bishops propose. "The bishops' letter is a resurrection of old policies that are no longer supported by those knowledgeable in economics," said Alan Greenspan, president of the Townsend-Greenspan economic consulting firm...
...signs Andrea Burke is an amazing singer. At her best, Burke's voice has sharp, cutting power of Wynton Marsalis' trumpet. Soaring and dipping to exquisite extremes. At her worst, Burke has the quality of an average Broadway chanteuse, not a bad lower bound considering the exhaustion she must suffer from doing eleven songs in a row. Burke's embodiment of the Woman is occasionally too cocky: she substitutes flip musical-theater poses in scenes which call for something more profound. Due in part to her makeup and in part to her acting. She never quites manages to lose...