Word: summered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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L.D.P. leaders are jittery about the prospect of losing their majority in the upper house after elections that must take place by mid-August. Retaining control of the lower house in elections to be held no later than the summer of 1990 is even more important, since that body appoints the Prime Minister. "By that time, we will have political reform," said an L.D.P. leader. "The public sentiment will not be as vehement as it is now." As usual, the L.D.P. seems more interested in keeping itself in power than cleaning up Japan's corruption-prone politics...
...fact, the economic conditions that provoked the unrest had been simmering for more than a year. Jordan has long been living beyond its means; a decade of Arab aid and overambitious borrowing provided an illusion of prosperity. But lately the money has begun to run out. Since last summer the Jordanian dinar has fallen 45% in value, while unemployment (now about 15%) and inflation (up to 30%) climbed steadily. In late March the government agreed on a budget-balancing plan with the International Monetary Fund aimed at paring the country's deficit and, ultimately, rescheduling Jordan's $6 billion foreign...
Harvard faculty will be eating at Quincy House this summer, but chances are venerable vegetables will not be on the menu...
While the 58-year-old Faculty Club is closed this summer for renovations, professors and other Harvard officials looking for the club's traditional cuisine will have to trek to the student dining hall...
...dinning hall from June 26 to August 25 will not conflict with student meals because Quincy is not used during the summer session, Weissbecker said. During smaller renovations a few years ago, Adams House was used in similar arrangements, he said...