Word: pessimistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seattle Pessimist. So large is the aerospace industry that the fortunes of whole communities are bound up in the fate of individual companies and even single contract awards. In Seattle, one out of every six jobs depends on Boeing, and unemployment is heading toward 6%. The company's cutbacks will cost the city an estimated $500 million worth of business this year. A current Seattle jape defines a pessimist as a Boeing worker who leaves his car running in the parking lot. Rather than move away, most unemployed Seattleites are dipping into their savings, waiting until business turns...