Word: makeing
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Leftist radicals who think capitalism thrives on war must have wondered what on earth to make of last week. The prospect of combat in the Persian Gulf touched off something resembling panic throughout the financial world. Stock prices sank rapidly in New York City, Tokyo, London, Paris, Frankfurt. At the lows on Thursday, shares of all U.S. stocks had lost more than $600 billion in paper value in slightly over a month, more than in the Black Monday crash of October 1987; on the Tokyo exchange, cumulative losses since the start of the year came to well over $1 trillion...
...futures trading began in 1983, and closed Friday at $30.91, drastically above the $18 spot price that prevailed only a month ago. The worldwide embargo of Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil has removed about 4 million bbl. a day from international trade, and doubts are growing that other producers can make up the shortfall. Some experts are skeptical that Saudi Arabia can increase its production of crude quite as much as the 2 million bbl. daily it has promised. The Saudis notified customers last week that there would be no increase at all in their deliveries of refined products...
...photographs of Ansel Adams are like national monuments on paper, more deeply embedded in the American consciousness than the actual places they depict. A new book combines his pictures and words to make a powerful case for the natural world that he loved...
Therapists warn that often it means money. "In our culture," says therapist MacDowell, "power goes with money." Many women who earn less than their husbands admit to unease, citing the "dominance" enjoyed by the spouse. Those who make more typically wish that the breadwinning field was more level. Men, by contrast, tend to deny any feelings when they are outearned by their wives. They dismiss their wives' higher earnings with phrases like "I say more power to her" and "I don't feel threatened by it." Inevitably, such statements are followed by the words "I have a strong...
Given the emotional and economic toll, an increasing number of couples are simply choosing not to transfer. Confronted with the mounting resistance, companies are beginning to respond. Fully 75% of the 1,000 companies that belong to the Washington-based Employee Relocation Council offer services designed to make relocation more attractive to spouses, from writing basic resumes to pooling job listings with other companies to expedite a spouse's employment search...