Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soros Spreads Cheer in Seoul Troubled economies shrink in terror at the very mention of financier George Soros. But reports that he was bargain-hunting in Seoul sent markets rising...
...heard stories of the Depression-era parents or grandparents who were still recycling string and splitting two-ply toilet paper long after their portfolios had reached seven figures. There is something about even a glimpse of poverty, much less the experience of it, that leaves scars, of humiliation and terror and resolve not ever to live there again. In a restless age, when the days are long and dense and full of surprises, when industries change overnight, it's little wonder that it's harder to dream, easier to toss and turn till morning comes again...
...with Colbert's house keys in hand, Ryan and Blondie then traveled outside their jurisdiction to search Colbert's apartment in the close-in suburb of Cheltenham. When nothing incriminating was found, the cops returned to headquarters and released Colbert--after six hours of terror. "Let us catch you around here again," Colbert recalls Blondie's saying, "and we'll kill...
...James Lapine, the new version is underplayed, almost muted, yet gripping in its down-to-earth immediacy. Perhaps because Natalie Portman's Anne is a little short on stage charisma, the story shifts slightly away from her and more toward the complex ensemble of people coping with their terror and with one another. George Hearn as Otto Frank has a hushed dignity; the Van Daans (Harris Yulin and Linda Lavin) seem less foolish and more touching than before. The play was a professional Broadway job to begin with; now it sometimes reaches poetry...
...browbeating, capitalistic, violent society capable of using any means necessary to maintain economic power. In writing about the possibility of killing Saddam, J.F.O. McAllister says, "It's not smart for the U.S., which has a huge stake in world order, to be seen as resorting to a little terror of its own" [VIEWPOINT, Nov. 24]. But that is a lame excuse. The only "unintended consequences" of assassinating Saddam would probably be higher morale all around and a newfound respect for the U.S. CAROL BANKS WEBER Honolulu