Word: directionality
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...surprise. The reformists' strength had always resided in an evanescent popular mood that has swung from euphoria to near despair as political breakdown has been mirrored in economic chaos and shortages of everything. The conservatives, in contrast, command the hard, physical tools of power: troops, tanks and vertushki, the direct telephone lines to the central authorities that are the lifeline of the government bureaucracy...
...problems worse. Two weeks ago, lawmakers who assembled in the capital for the National Conference of State Legislatures claimed that the recent budget compromise between the White House and Congress would cost the states an additional $17 billion over five years. Reason: federal mandates in the deficit-reduction deal direct states to spend money for such things as clean air and improved nursing-home care. The group also predicted that the increase in federal taxes on gasoline and alcohol would make it harder for states to increase their own levies on those products...
With each new dietary study, eating seems to become less of a joyful experience and more of a risky business. The latest word follows that depressing pattern: researchers announced that the chances of developing colon cancer appear to rise almost in direct proportion to the amount of red meat and animal fat that people consume. That left fearful Americans grappling with the question: Is it wise to eat any red meat...
Many of the most popular direct-from-the-factory establishments are individual stores, such as the L.L. Bean outlet in North Conway, N.H., or the V F Factory Outlet in Reading, Pa. But hundreds of outlet centers, ranging from spartan shopping strips to swank malls, now cater to tourists and travelers. Many are sited just off major interstate highways or close to vacation spots. "For these prices, I don't mind fighting the freeway," exults Houston housewife Laura Freeman, two small kids in tow, as she balances a mound of towels selling for $2.99 a pound at the Lone Star...
...addition, the U.S. could broaden the channels of communication between Japan and the USSR and act as a broker of economic assistance between Tokyo and Moscow. Such an arrangement, he argued, "can change the whole structure of international relationships." And, Ivanov added, this could have "very direct and substantial effects on China's political reforms...