Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what do you think and feel? But Gorbachev could only answer state to man, and the more certain he sounded, the less certain he looked. In middle age the gulf between what you are and who you are is too wide to cross, too -- what? -- extreme. Who knows what turmoil lurks in the hearts of men old enough to remember The Shadow? The Captain knows...
...flamboyant former ward heeler in Daley's Cook County Democratic organization who served a month in prison in 1972 for failing to file income tax returns for four years, Washington broke away from both the machine and his past to become a symbol of black political empowerment. Turmoil marked his 4 1/2 years in city hall, as he fought to consolidate his political control over a city evenly divided between blacks and whites. After winning a bitter, racially tinged election in 1983, Washington told rejoicing black supporters, "It's our turn now." But his attempt to take charge...
What led to the turmoil? The trouble began in earnest with the Oct. 19 crash on Wall Street, which knocked the wind out of the Mexican stock market. Since Black Monday, the total value of shares on the exchange has plunged by more than 70%, from $38 billion to $11 billion. Says Salvador Kalifa, an economic consultant from the northern city of Monterrey: "Gossip and rumors take precedence over all else. All people want is to get rid of their portfolios." The market collapse made Mexicans nervous about the peso...
...first organized labor protest to hit Yugoslavia since it became a Communist country, in 1945. Cowed officials promptly doubled some wages. In a no less startling outburst, the press and even some Communist leaders intensified calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Branko Mikulic, 59. Amid the turmoil, the devalued Yugoslav dinar plunged nearly 25% on world currency markets...
Yugoslavia's economic turmoil was echoed last week in Poland and Rumania. In Warsaw consumers scoured shops for bargains after the government proposed price hikes that would double food costs and triple energy bills. Poles will vote on the reform package, aimed at reviving the tottering economy, in a national referendum this Sunday. In Rumania police reportedly broke up protests by some 5,000 workers in the city of Brasov, demonstrating against harsh labor conditions and growing food shortages...