Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...uprising, Argentina's fourth in as many years, came at a critical moment in Menem's 17-month-old presidency. His sure-handed response to the rebellion was expected to strengthen his political position and give him a fresh chance to deal forcefully with his faltering economy. Despite ambitious plans for slimming the public sector and selling off money-losing state companies, Menem can claim credit for few accomplishments. His privatization program is bogged down, and inflation could reach...
Tuesday Morning anticipates strong holiday sales, despite a sluggish start. "We expect to end the year 12% up," says Ross. The company typically rakes in 45% of its revenues and all its profits in the fourth quarter. But Ross is looking far beyond the current season. He aims to nearly double the number of Tuesday Morning stores to 250 by 1995 and to be open -- and closed -- for business in every state...
...takes a "tiered approach," combining three levels of treatment on three different floors. The second floor offers "intensive" care; the third floor gives "congregate" care for people capable of some independence; the fourth floor has apartments with kitchenettes for those who are close to returning to society. The staff is realistic in its expectations: there are virtually no rules about coming and going, and though drugs and alcohol are strongly discouraged, their use is not grounds for eviction. Persuasion rather than coercion is the rule. Unless a client is unmanageable, he will never be thrown back onto the street. Says...
Gorbachev no longer has much room for maneuvering. Should he fail to display "the necessary firmness," warns the Soyuz group, it may call for his resignation when the fourth Congress of People's Deputies opens next week. But while adopting a harder line may endear Gorbachev to the right, it will just as likely torpedo his hopes of persuading a majority of the leaders of the country's 15 republics to sign a new union treaty without being coerced...
Putnam's comments at the school's fourth "town meeting" of the year came in the wake of a Department of Education ruling issued earlier this week that financial aid granted solely on the basis of race is discriminatory and illegal. The dean said that although the Kennedy School will ultimately have to abide by the federal decision, University lawyers are working to ensure that at least those currently receiving ethnically-based scholarships can continue to receive them...