Word: recordability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...certainly does. And what it reflects pains Jim Schlosser, a veteran reporter on race for the Greensboro News & Record. "In the 1960s," says Schlosser, "when we talked about a color-blind society, we thought we'd party together, we'd live on the same block. But maybe our expectations were unrealistic. Maybe we are a separate society." Perhaps whites have been too paternalistic, too insensitive, too impatient. Maybe blacks have been overly sensitive, too defensive, too race conscious. Both sides are paralyzed by confusion; neither fully understands the other...
Even if you have no intention of leaving a country's capital, tote along a few basic supplies. If you want to read a book in your own language, bring it with you. If you plan to record the visit with your camera, bring film. If you | are used to smoking mild cigarettes, bring them. If you plan to do a lot of walking in new shoes, pack some bandages. All these things are available -- but not everywhere and not always...
...those who want to take home more than snapshots, each country has something special. It is fun browsing through art shops in Poland and pottery and glassware stores in Czechoslovakia. The Hungarian state record company presses high-quality classical records that can be bought for about half of what they would cost in the West. Hungarian wine is also worth the money, as is Bulgarian. In the villages west of Cluj, delicately embroidered tablecloths are sold for the equivalent of a few dollars...
With the U.S. economy stagnant and domestic sales hurting, boosting new markets overseas became a simple matter of survival for many U.S. firms. So far, their efforts have paid off handsomely. Exports have zoomed to record levels this year, a trend that has helped narrow the chronic U.S. trade deficit and provide the domestic economy with just enough vitality to avert a recession. "Thank goodness for exports," says Allen Sinai, chief economist with the Boston Co. Economic Advisers. "Without them, the U.S. economy would be dead in the water...
...people in power have had such a record of personal and professional competence and honor. Poindexter was first in his class at the Naval Academy, excelled at sea command and Pentagon maneuver, and reared five sons (four of whom are pursuing naval careers); his wife became an Episcopal minister four years ago. Poindexter was devoted to trying to thwart terrorists, free American hostages and bring democracy to Nicaragua. Nobody argued with those objectives. "No defect in character," declared a former Cabinet officer who worked with him. "But a defect in judgment. He should not be so punished for that...