Word: tend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perfectly American to run between extremes of self-loathing and self- congratulation. Americans have a manic habit of thinking that they are either the best of peoples or the worst of peoples. This may result from the fact that Americans tend, still, to hold a Ptolemaic rather than a Copernican view of their place in the universe. Whatever America is, best or worst, it is at the center of things. At the moment, after the long self-lacerations of Viet Nam, Watergate and the rest, Americans in the Reagan era seem in the mood for assertive self-celebration...
...cost: $26 billion. New York's Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato has proposed that the Senate make up the difference by delaying the so-called indexing that prevents taxpayers from being pushed into higher brackets. But many of D'Amato's colleagues reject the idea as highly regressive: IRAs tend to benefit upper-income groups, while indexing helps those who earn less...
...most capitalist countries, the political fortunes of France's leaders tend to rise and fall with the success of their economic programs. Chirac will undoubtedly challenge Mitterrand for the presidency in the elections scheduled for 1988. From a business point of view, his prospects so far look promising...
...volatility should be dampened somewhat by the return to the market of more small investors, who tend to leave their money in one place longer than portfolio managers do. Individuals by the millions have been switching to stocks and mutual funds because of their growing dissatisfaction with the shrinking returns on money-market accounts. Richard Bonner, a flower grower in Fallbrook, Calif., near San Diego, happened to boost his stake in the market just one day before the 100-point surge began. He then watched in delight last week as his $150,000 portfolio blossomed by an additional...
...Others tend to the more eccentric and esotericin their quest for academic glory. Alek Keshishian'86, an Adams House resident, was one suchbuck-with-traditionster. He fulfilled the honorsrequirement for his special concentration(Literature and Film: Theory and Practice) byadapting Emily Bronte's classic novel of love goneawry Wuthering Heights for the stage...