Word: woo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, it is just beginning. One city council member, Michael Woo, has demanded the resignation of police chief Daryl Gates. Even the cautious Mayor Tom Bradley suggested that Gates must retire "before the healing process can begin," but Bradley maintains that he is not yet calling for the chief's resignation...
...making a general pest of himself with the family down the block. He is especially smitten with their 15-year-old daughter Laura, whom he showers with pet names ("Hi, my little Jell-O mold") to no avail. One night he even shows up outside her bedroom window to woo her with an accordion serenade of Feelings...
...phenomenon that we haven't seen since World War II, where you have hundreds of thousands of soldiers returning as war heroes." Many of the reserve officers were prominent in their communities before the war and now have a valuable new credential. Though the Democrats may also try to woo returning soldiers, observes Republican pollster Linda DiVall, "we will have the upper hand because of the clear party division on this war and the President's popularity...
...Bernardino, glut capital of America, has a commercial vacancy rate of 33%. Next come New Haven (30%) and Springfield, Mass., and New Orleans (both 28%). Even in posh Beverly Hills, the rate is so high (25%) that city officials journeyed to the Orient in January to try to woo prospective tenants. Bucking the trend are a few lucky cities, most of them sleepy state capitals that hotshot dealmakers bypassed in the '80s. Among them: Lansing, Mich. (10%), Albany (9.6%), Raleigh, N.C. (9.4%) and Sacramento...
...ruling party, Likud is better positioned to woo voters with money and favors. And Shamir's tough policies may look more attractive at a time when the country is bracing for a possible war with Iraq. But the Likud bloc's vulnerability lies in the party's mismanagement of the absorption process. Despite repeated warnings, last year's budget grossly underestimated the expected immigration, and officials spend more time bickering than coordinating policy. Various cash grants -- $7,500 for a family of three -- stop after one year, which means hundreds of thousands of immigrants will feel the pinch of Israel...