Word: droppingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...York and Baskin in Chicago as well as Hart Schaffner & Marx, purveyors of off-the-peg businessman style for more than 100 years, has been enduring a three-year slump even though it retains an 11% share of the U.S. men's suit market. Brooks Brothers posted a 41% drop in operating profits for the past fiscal year. A spokesman for Marks & Spencer, the British department-store outfit that now owns Brooks, blamed "difficult trading conditions and severe price cutting by department stores...
...answers go to the heart of the tidal change that is transforming network television. Old verities, like the Nielsen ratings, are no longer holy writ. Shows that a few years ago would have been canceled are today being acclaimed as hits. Programmers who once juggled schedules at the drop of a Nielsen decimal point are now making those moves warily. And everybody is wondering whether television's mass audience -- those huge blocs of viewers who used to assemble in front of the set for shows like I Love Lucy and All in the Family and Roots -- has dispersed for good...
...between the haves and the have-nots is more pronounced than ever. Half of Mexico's 81 million people live in poverty. A wage freeze, coupled with a 30% inflation rate and sharp cuts in subsidies for such basic staples as sugar, milk and beans, has meant a 60% drop in purchasing power since...
Unfortunately, stalling by officials at the State Department two weeks ago has cast doubt on the administration's willingness to follow through. Thus Congress, during its final session, went one step further and voted to provide Prime Minister Hun Sen with aid. The Bush Administration should comply quickly and drop all links with the Khmer Rouge...
...next time you see a chartreuse irregular quadrangle, show your support and do nothing. Don't poster, don't chalk up the sidewalk, just drop it. An ENOUGH pin can be purchased for the low price of $10. After all, I never have ENOUGH money. And make the world a more colorful, geometric place. Leslie Hakala...