Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thus more susceptible than usual to U.S. pressures for a settlement, on two counts: its economy has faltered badly, and Reagan's re-election has temporarily reduced the clout of what the Saudis regard as an overpowering Israeli lobby. "The Palestinian question . . . is the cause of instability and turmoil in the region," Fahd declared. "I hope, Mr. President, that your Administration will support the just cause of the Palestinian people...
Finally, the Japanese, who often sit on the sidelines during international economic turmoil, could help settle currency markets by making it easier for foreigners to invest in securities denominated in yen. The country should speed up its efforts to bring down import barriers and thus reduce its gigantic trade surplus, which is expected to reach $55 billion this year...
...major cities where they serve have at least a 25% black population, and the appointment of a black has commonly been seen as a concession to the minority community, one that is, of course, standard in U.S. urban history. But the new appointees are no guarantee against continued turmoil. Dickson is Miami's third chief in the past year. "If I only last a week more," he says, "I'll be happy knowing that I reached...
...time since 1956, Stalin was being praised as a strategic genius and a superb wartime commander in chief. Says Stalin Biographer Robert C. Tucker: "The Soviet authorities evidently thought it was a good time for Stalin's daughter to come home." No doubt they were aware of her emotional turmoil. Anticipating that an official emissary from Moscow would be rebuffed by Svetlana, they apparently decided to use her son Joseph, Stalin's namesake, as their intermediary...
...Abraham become the focus of such turmoil? At the A.H.A. convention, the Belgian-born historian conceded, "There are mistakes in my book." (Earlier he had admitted paraphrasing the quotes.) "But," he insists, "the mistakes do not distort reality. The truth, the argument, wasn't based on the errors. Like all historians, I interpreted a mass of material in a way that is most truthful...