Word: turmoil
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scandal may prove to be systemic in a broader sense. For reasons that are well understood--the years of turmoil between John Kennedy's assassination and Richard Nixon's resignation, the end of the cold war, the absence of a sustained national emergency that required a strong Federal Government--the authority of the American political process has been in a long decline. At the same time, the reputation of U.S. business leaders has grown extraordinarily. In the 1980s and '90s, Lee Iaccoca, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Jack Welch and their ilk became our new heroes. Businessmen seemed...
...Jospin and President Jacques Chirac will likely face off for the presidency in a contest that begins in April - but Jospin has been hit by France's failing economy and Chirac by corruption allegations. Asia has a few weak leaders of its own, with Indonesia and Malaysia facing possible turmoil...
...authors assert that a number of factors, including universities’ response to the Vietnam War and the campus turmoil of the 1960s. The rise of the concept of “student as consumer” in the 1980s, when students and parents began to see education as a product and grades as indicative of its quality, also contributed to grade inflation...
...country, and during the Gulf War she changed their name to Bishop to rid them of his father's Arabic surname, Bishara. But by the time Charles entered high school last year in Tarpon Springs, Fla., near Tampa, he seemed a bright, contented teen, far removed from the turmoil he had been born into...
...country, and during the Gulf War she changed their name to Bishop to rid them of his father's Arabic surname, Bishara. But by the time Charles entered high school last year in Tarpon Springs, Fla., near Tampa, he seemed a bright, contented teen, far removed from the turmoil he had been born into...