Word: worst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...worst game I have ever seen the girls play," Lem said...
...writer's use of the phrase "extensive business dealings with high-ranking officials" to describe my honest and on-the-record business transactions is at best an exaggeration and, at worst, a lie. Obviously enamored by the myth which dictates that bigger is better, the writer chose to use the word "extensive" when in fact there is no justification for use of that word in this context. The misuse of that word may sell copy, but it prostitutes the function of a free press and crucifies communication of the truth...
...help to be truly effective, say the Colombians, it must send butter as well as guns. "We not only need help with the war," says Samper, "we also need funds for peace. Without resources to pay the social debt, the violence will multiply." Most Colombians are convinced the worst is yet to come. Predicts General Miguel Maza Marquez, head of the secret police: "The narcos are not suddenly lying low; they are regrouping...
...very tough in 1981," recalls Brundtland of her first brief eight- month stint as Prime Minister, when it seemed sometimes that the entire country was waiting for her to fail. "In the worst times I always thought, If you get through this, it will be much better for the next woman." As it turned out, she was the next woman, and by 1986, when she returned to power, her gender was no longer much of an issue. The collapse of oil prices had left Norway high and dry and deep in debt: Brundtland dazzled both friends and foes with...
...might set off a selling spree in the volatile market for the high-yield securities. Last week their fears shot to the surface when Canada's Campeau Corp. said it might default on its debt, which is in part composed of junk bonds. That disclosure sparked the market's worst drubbing since the Crash of 1987, as traders rushed to dump their holdings. During the week, junk-bond issues fell in price by $10 to as much as $130 for each $1,000 in face value. The rout left Wall Streeters wondering whether the securities that had fueled the decade...