Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wall Street has always had contrarians who hunt for fallen angels, but the number of available so-called distressed securities was not large enough to support many specialists in this field. In recent years, however, a surge in bankruptcies has created a boom in the bust market. The value of investments made in distressed securities could reach $20 billion this year, in contrast to less than $1 billion a decade...
...mean as it is used in this book?" asks Dr. Thomas Szasz, the maverick psychiatrist-author (Sex by Prescription), who teaches at the State University of New York at Syracuse. "Does it mean serenity or constant sex or something else?" The survey, Szasz contends, is "sensation mongering," designed to support Hite's preconceived feminist notions. Quips Ellen Goodman, the Pulitzer-prizewinning syndicated columnist: "She goes in with a prejudice and comes out with a statistic...
...Austin ) and Charles Weaver of St. Mary's University of San Antonio, have found that women are less happy in marriage today than in the past, probably because having a husband now means an increased load of responsibilities rather than the traditional trade-off of homemaking for financial support...
Others strongly disagree. "Books like Hite's encourage women to take the easy way out and just blame everything on men," charges Author Warren Farrell. He fears that the books are feeding into a "support system" in which women console one another by blaming men for their difficulties. He warns that this tactic will backfire. "This male-bashing makes women more suspicious and distrustful and demanding toward men," explains Farrell, "which causes men to withdraw, which causes women to get angrier...
...president planned to "emphasize his support" for the regional peace plan unfolding in the region, said his spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater...