Word: wanes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result is that free food, an inducement from the old days, is making a comeback as an alcohol absorber. Instead of simply getting blotto, early evening patrons can load up on appetizers. Many owners are glad to see happy hours on the wane, because the competitive discounting drains profits. Also, says one Boston barkeep, "nobody likes to deal with drunks...
Before the attack, officials had been convinced that the I.R.A. was on the wane. Despite the Brighton explosion, the organization had seemed to suffer one setback after another, starting with the September interception by the Irish navy of a trawler loaded with seven tons of arms and ammunition for the I.R.A. In December British soldiers ambushed and killed two I.R.A. gunmen, and last month the FitzGerald government seized more than $1.6 million in suspected I.R.A. bank assets in Dublin...
...seats in the legislative assembly (the rest are appointed by local councils). But in practice, the King himself chooses the Prime Minister and all the Cabinet ministers, often from among his family and friends. This year, however, with Morocco's standard of living on the wane and social unrest on the rise, Hassan needed to retain control while giving his critics enough freedom to keep them quiet. True to form, a majority of 108 seats was won by three look-alike centrist parties that are unswervingly devoted to the King and his pro-Western line. At the same time...
...Justice Department reported in February that it had uncovered no evidence of criminal wrongdoing during its investigation of how Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign obtained briefing papers from the Carter White House. Accordingly, Attorney General William French Smith decided against appointing a special prosecutor. Press interest began to wane, and the Administration breathed a collective sigh of relief that the potentially combustible case seemed closed. But last week it was revived when U.S. District Judge Harold Greene ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor. In a toughly worded 31-page ruling that drew some parallels to Watergate, Greene called...
...state made things click by offering a three-year tax exemption. "I was nervous whether I could make money or not," Bai said. "People don't like to start things on their own." Although Bai initially feared that the leadership's enthusiasm for private enterprise might wane, he is convinced that it will not, at least for the time being. "I now firmly believe the policy is reliable," he says...