Word: unlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accident that Brown became a test case. Under pressure to deal with derelicts who freeze in the shadows of Manhattan's luxury skyscrapers, Koch met Brown last spring on a tour with other city officials. When he was told that she could not legally be committed unless she was in imminent danger, the mayor replied, "You're loony yourself." He went on to make Brown a cause celebre in speeches and interviews...
...cutbacks at Eastern Airlines. There is no future for Eastern unless it restructures its labor costs. Eastern has laid out a game plan that makes obvious sense, not one that will win a popularity contest among unionized employees. But it happens to work. When you're losing the kind of money Eastern is, you don't grow. You pull back...
...Times and the Washington Post to demand spending cuts of at least $30 billion to $40 billion in fiscal 1988. Said the group, which included a range of prominent liberals (Edmund Muskie) as well as conservatives (William Simon): "We recognize that the bold political action now needed is impossible unless the people allow it -- indeed, unless they demand...
This week the group may feel more pressure, since the deadline arrives Friday. Congress could seek an extension of the Gramm-Rudman date, but that would be risky unless the group produces a compromise plan beforehand. Reason: the delay might send a strong signal to the financial markets that Washington is truly incapable of making tough decisions...
Michael J. Arlen '52, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, declared after considerable thought, "I think Harvard will probably win based on their greater capacity for abstract thought and superior personal hygiene, unless, of course, The Game is played indoors on ice, in which case any good Canadian team is bound to triumph...