Word: saving
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Many factors account for our having saved so much less than the Japanese. But the most obvious may be simply that, having won the war and until recently having dominated the world economy, we've felt secure and thus under relatively little pressure to save. Never mind that our sense of security has become increasingly false. It's when you're worried that you save (for example, when you have few natural resources and you've lost a world war) and when you're always working that you have no time to spend money...
...republican elections that began last December and will continue in various parts of the country through June, the clearest campaign theme to emerge is the public's rejection of Communist Party candidates. Gorbachev hopes to save the Union by decreasing the importance of the much hated party and enhancing the powers of the central, duly elected government. Like an admiral on a sinking warship, he is transferring his flag to another vessel...
...save a little love for myself...
SPECIAL SECTION: The Soviet Union teeters on the brink of disintegration as republics revolt against the center How Gorbachev moves to save his crumbling empire will affect not only his country but also the world. ^ A chorus of complaints from around the union. > A resurgence of both Russian nationalism and Islamic fervor inspires worries about communal discord. ^ Why a Soviet historian believes the empire should collapse...
...subplot -- the successful effort to save the cemetery -- turns out to be more interesting than the central question of whether Harry and Catherine can find true love. They are like David and Maddie of Moonlighting -- coming together, going apart, ever off balance -- but without the humor or irony. Every single movement of the two characters is chronicled, like a time-motion study. When Catherine is done preparing a meal and cleaning it up, a recurring activity, the reader is left exhausted and with dishpan hands...