Word: worthlessness
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...psychological triumph of three weeks ago, when they occupied the virtually undefended provincial center of Berlin for three days, then retreated before the belated arrival of Salvadoran army reinforcements. U.S. officials in El Salvador discounted the showy guerrilla actions as armed propaganda exercises, producing results that were militarily worthless even though psychologically valuable. Nonetheless, as a senior American official admitted, "the guerrillas are getting better at what they're doing. They have better coordination, better timing between their operations...
...penny. First Tennessee will also absorb up to $86.5 million in uncollectible U.A.B. loans. Any more than that will be covered by the FDIC, which believes the total may reach $160 million. The biggest loser is Jake Butcher; he owned $15 million in U.A.B. stock that is now worthless. The flamboyant entrepreneur, who five years ago was Tennessee's Democratic candidate for Governor, and who was the driving force behind last year's Knoxville World's Fair, has clearly lost more than a bank...
...sloganeering about Hong Kong and Taiwan has in fact flourished. The implementation of the new constitution has shown the moderate Deng Xiaoping's power to far from uncontested--and in the struggle after his inevitable removal or death, domestic concerns could render all predictions of a "pragmatic" foreign policy worthless. The communists have not brought stability to China. Domestically, in 35 years they have introduced four different concepts of communism, four constitutions, and three wrenching changes in government. Abroad, China was at one time a close ally of the Soviet Union and of Vietnam, but has since invaded both. Formerly...
...billions of dollars have been lent out since the late 1970s to exploration and development companies that, until recently, had been counting on ever higher prices for their discoveries. If prices were now to collapse, banks would have little choice but to write off many of these loans as worthless...
...just told you. I gave up toys. They're worthless," he snapped, gesturing at the elephant, whose trunk still clutched Lenny's tire chain. "It's kids like that that bug me--kids who never believed in me in the first place. That's how I got obliterated or forced out of the toy business anyway. All the kids were yapping about some guy who left toys in their stockings, so the unbelieving parents decided to leave presents on their own. The demand for the real article dropped to zero--some means of production are better if they...