Word: unrestful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...velvet-voiced airline captains say in their understated way, Texas Air is experiencing some turbulence. Acquisitiveness has bred turmoil: growing labor unrest, flagging employee spirit and complaints alleging poor service and aircraft maintenance. Wall Street analysts wonder if the company expanded too much and too fast. They question whether Lorenzo, a whiz at financing and acquisitions, has the attention span needed for the details of running a huge airline. In an industry where service is crucial, employees and top management at Eastern and Continental seem too busy warring with each other to satisfy customers' needs...
Ironically, Baker in a sense won his campaign. Flying to Europe for a scheduled visit Monday, he persuaded the West Germans to roll back the interest-rate increase he had assailed, and they together specifically reaffirmed the Louvre agreement. But it was much too late to calm the unrest Baker's previous statements had intensified. Well before he patched things up with the Germans, selling on the world's stock exchanges had accelerated into an all-out crash...
Such a pace will not be easy to sustain, however. Mexico and Brazil are overburdened by debts that threaten to crush their economies and throttle their ability to export. Even the stronger Asian NICs face perils ranging from political unrest at home to protectionist barriers abroad...
While scoring business triumphs, Korea has been racked by political and social unrest for much of the year. In the summer, massive and violent street demonstrations forced Korean President Chun Doo Hwan to speed up the process of democratic reform. Then a series of strikes temporarily shut down virtually all major Korean companies and many minor ones as workers demanded -- and won -- higher wages. Amid the turmoil, the Korean economy has proved resilient; growth for the year is expected...
Orenstein cites as a cause of unrest the fact that "...the University invites highly controversial speakers who provoke physical reactions--both violent and non-violent--in some people." Again, Orenstein implies that responsibility for an action lies with someone other than the initiator of that action. Calero enjoys no magical power to inspire violence in people--violence is a product of the individual. Responsibility for violence lies solely with its initiator...