Word: recordability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Hardly anyone bothers to deny it. After a record eight years of peacetime economic expansion, the most widely predicted recession in recent U.S. history is finally at hand. No longer confined to the beaten-down Northeast, the slump has brought hard times for many Americans, ranging from Boston bankers to Atlanta autoworkers to California aerospace engineers. The big questions now: How far will the economy slide into misery, and how long will the slump last...
Respected for his moderate, practical approach, Alexander will come to Washington with an impressive record of educational reforms. His Better Schools Program in Tennessee -- which features a merit-pay system for teachers, tougher standards for students and more computer, science and math instruction -- has become a national model. The ex-Governor favors deregulation of school bureaucracies to encourage innovation and strongly backs adult education to make U.S. workers competitive again...
Solid-Gold Mogul Music-and-movie hitmaker David Geffen made a shrewd move in April when he sold his record label to MCA for about $550 million of that company's stock. Just seven months later, when Japanese giant Matsushita bought MCA, the value of Geffen's holdings zoomed to $700 million. It's all in the timing...
...With a record like that," says Ahmad, a Palestinian schoolteacher, "who would not feel betrayed by the P.L.O.'s support of Iraq? I would not deny that some Palestinians have looted and done despicable things in Kuwait, but most of us are against what Saddam did. That won't matter, of course. We will be punished for the stupidity of our chief of state -- and Arafat will continue his life as a celebrity. The Kuwaitis will say that they will look at each of our cases one by one" -- which indeed is what the Kuwaiti leadership says...
Given his past record in court, Gotti had good reason for his bravado. He has beaten federal and state prosecutors in three trials since 1986, earning the tag "Teflon Don." Basking in the notoriety gained from his court battles, Gotti has become a familiar figure at New York City restaurants, where he has been known to leave $100 bills as tips and to blow kisses at fellow diners as he departs. Still, the suspected Mob boss, who was charged last week with murder, racketeering and tax evasion, just might have a problem this time...