Word: longingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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George Bush sits in the soft light of the Oval Office, tilted back in his chair, brow knitted, rimless glasses in his restless hands, then on his nose, then off again. He suddenly swivels, points a long forefinger at a stack of papers in the center of his neat desk. It is Amnesty International's report on Iraqi atrocities in Kuwait. He's just been asked about compromising with Saddam Hussein...
...long term, there has to be some rethinking of fiscal federalism," says Tony Hutchison, a senior policy specialist with the group. "We need to strike a balance to determine which revenues will fund which services at which level of government." In the short term, state lawmakers -- and state citizens -- will have plenty of opportunity to learn another dismal equation of the new budget math: lower revenues plus higher spending obligations equals big headaches...
COVER: Lists to sum up the year and chart a new mood -- so long '80s, hello subdued...
Banned Box The foam "clambox" is dead -- long live recyclable paper! Environmentalists urged restaurants to stop using polystyrene-foam packaging, calling the product a toxic hazard and a landfill-clogging waste. In 1990 someone listened: McDonald's promised to phase out its familiar hamburger containers...
...should have reigned last week among members of the African National Congress as the long-outlawed group held its first conference inside South Africa in 30 years. Instead, rancor erupted as the A.N.C.'s veteran leadership clashed with the younger, hard-line rank and file. President Oliver Tambo, back from three decades of exile, suggested the easing of economic sanctions against South Africa in light of recent reforms, but was voted down. Nelson Mandela, criticized for meeting with government officials without consulting the A.N.C. membership, said his opponents "do not understand the nature of negotiations...