Word: wor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only pessimist on Wall Street. Felix Rohatyn, a partner of Lazard Frères, an investment banking house, warns that "the next twelve to 18 months are going to be potentially the most dangerous period that I have seen in 30-plus years in the banking business." Rohatyn is wor ried about possible corporate bankruptcies and the failure of some banks or savings and loan institutions as well as rising unemployment. Last week the Labor Department released figures that supported those glum views. Unemployment in December jumped to a near record 8.9%, up from 8.4% in November...
...drugs, or any other cargo wor thy of the smuggler's interest...
POLITICS AND RHETORIC live in symbiotic bliss. Insofar as the emotive phrase sways the voter's heart more than the substantive argument, good speechmakers rank among the nation's most valuable political commodities. As the most updated guide to the ultra-conservative's galaxy, The New Right is the wor'd according to a master of the discipline. Direct-mail magnate Richard Viguerie has diversified and converted his seductive brand of extremist politics into pulp form. The New Right is tailored to become the bible of the conservative movement...
...action is the impact the policy may have at home and abroad. Doves are generally critical. Complains Scoville: "Anything that makes it easier to fight nuclear war is a step in the wrong direction." Even Har old Brown has had reservations about the counterforce strategy; he has been wor ried that once a nuclear exchange begins, no matter how limited, it will inevitably escalate into Armageddon. But Brown also believes that the U.S. must have the option of responding to a nuclear strike with something less than a full-scale atomic fusillade...