Word: generous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That Mobuto has been asked to speak, however, is not much of a surprise. The Washington Post reported that for all of Mobuto's faults, "he is, diplomats say, an unusually gracious, attentive and generous host" to those who visit him in Zaire. Ah, what style, what grace; how good it is to have a man of the world in a position of power...
Mobuto is a family man, as well. Not only is he exceedingly generous in divvying up the proceeds of his plunder among close relatives, he has also worked to establish a personality cult honoring his dead mother. He says he wants her to be just as respected as the Virgin Mary...
...Vorenberg's effort to present the public-interest option to students at a school notorious for supplying the partners of the nation's largest corporate law firms. (Only 6 percent of Harvard Law School students currently go into public-interest law.) Vorenberg also instituted the nation's most generous loan-forgiveness program two years ago, which pays the debts of students with incomes under certain minimal points...
During his eight-day odyssey through the land of the free, he lurched from speech to speech more like a back-of-the-pack presidential contender than an aspirant to the mantle of Lenin. But if jet lag, fatigue and generous helpings of Jack Daniel's occasionally took their toll, Boris Yeltsin, 58, the former Moscow party boss who has achieved unusual visibility and enormous popularity as one of Mikhail Gorbachev's most acerbic critics, still impressed Americans with his charm and appreciation of the U.S. His knack for an ingratiating riposte was apparent at John and Vicki Hardin...
...West Germany before granting legal exit permits for many of its citizens. This year alone, Bonn is expected to pay East Berlin $200 million for refugee resettlement. For all of Hungary's righteous indignation, however, it is believed that quiet promises were made by Bonn that will translate into generous...