Word: surround
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jawbone out a deal under Government guidance. Labor would make concessions in wage demands in return for job guarantees, business would promise to reinvest in new equipment in exchange for Government-backed loans, and so forth. It is an interesting idea, until one recalls the exhausting battles that invariably surround a single corporate bailout, such as that of Lockheed or Chrysler Corp. Moreover, an industrial recovery and reinvestment bill could easily become a hopeless pork barrel by the time lobbyists and horse-trading Congressmen finish with it. Such outcomes trouble many new-generation Democrats. "I am not sure Americans respond...
...weeks, Rio de Janeiro had been gearing up for the event. The words diretas já (direct elections now) became inescapable, splashed across posters, walls, buttons, T shirts and bumper stickers. Climbers scaled one of the peaks that surround the city and mounted a 35-ft.-high cloth banner bearing the slogan. At Maracanã stadium, the huge electronic Scoreboard flashed the words repeatedly during soccer matches. The climax came last week, in Brazil's biggest public demonstration ever. An estimated 1 million people swarmed into the plaza that surrounds Rio's Candelária Church, raising clenched...
Gandhi first moved forces in to surround the Golden Temple in early March, in an attempt to isolate Bhindranwale and stop Sikh provocations. It is unlikely, however, that Gandhi would decide to move them inside. By doing so, she would risk committing a sacrilege that all Sikhs, moderate and radical, would find intolerable. Since Sikhs make up 25% of the armed forces and hold key command positions, Gandhi does not wish to provoke them any more than necessary. Last weekend, in a bold bid for reconciliation, she established a committee to draft an amendment to the constitution that would define...
...when applied to men. Stereotypical, and thus insensitive, when applied to women. Serious. Term of praise. A serious person makes a serious commitment to a serious relationship. Share an experience. To communicate, as in "I had an experience I want to share with you." Space. Nebulous area believed to surround a person, a region of turbulence when violated, as in "He takes up too much of my space." Strong. Term of praise when applied to women. When applied to men, it implies tendency toward insensitivity, even machismo. Wholeness. Hoped-for consequence of commitment. Sometimes even includes dishwashing...
Question marks also surround Jackson's purported Hispanic support. Most of the prominent Hispanic politicians in the area support Mondale, Rep. Robert Garcia (D.N.Y.), for instance, endorsed Mondale last year, Hispanics, along with Jowish voten, are thought by campaign strategists on all sides to make up Mondale's most solid blocs of support...