Word: affordable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week's session, "People have ceased to believe in perestroika because the difficulties have only increased, while the period for overcoming them has become too long." Now the Kremlin has asked the people for another five years, and that could prove to be more time than Gorbachev can afford...
...fewer baby boomers entering the new-home market, the population continues to grow, and as it becomes wealthier, it will want more living space. So don't buy the new conventional wisdom unreservedly. But even in Los Angeles, where the whole point is to spend more than you can afford, rising values are no longer a given. So it's more important than ever not to buy a house you can't afford. And more sensible than ever to consider renting, if your career requires you to move often, incurring what can be upwards of 10% in commissions, closing costs...
...loyalty of Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to keep the armed forces in line. But Ramos' response to every rebellion has been to patch up relations between the various military factions and restore the uneasy status quo between reformist officers and old-line, self-interested generals. Aquino can no longer afford that kind of detente. Moreover, it has not worked. If she cannot impose civilian authority on the armed forces, then her government may be sidelined into irrelevancy as rival military groups battle it out. Says a young officer who backs the government: "I think Cory will have to be hard...
Certainly no one can make a living at mailing draft notices. Political cartooning, though it is woefully two-diminsional, is as close as I can come to daily satire and still afford my peanut butter addiction. I believe in the power of a striking visual image. I believe in the power of satire to make people think twice. But I also believe editorial cartooning requires people to have at least thought about something once before I get to them...
...self-consciousness is not enough. As a community, we must do what we know is right. The 90's will be here in a few weeks, and , as Harrison says of gender and racial equality, "We can't afford another 10 years of loss...