Word: sparingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Mark Sneider's piece about a rally for student inclusion in the presidential search began, "If only Toqueville could have been there." If only Mark Sneider could have been there. While Sneider told me that he missed the rally, he did not spare us his opinion...
Imports of industrial goods, raw materials and machinery have been reduced by 90%, according to State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler. Shortages of imported lubricants, spare parts and chemicals are causing production difficulties. Bread, sugar and soap are being rationed...
Industry has been more directly hit by the lack of spare parts, and many long-term building projects have had to be postponed, but cannibalizing and improvising can make a lot of difference. Another major effect of the embargo has been to cut Iraq's ability to pay for its imports with oil revenues. Here, too, Saddam can find ways around the restrictions. For one thing, he confiscated some $1 billion in gold in the Kuwaiti treasury. Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly been offering him credit. In addition, Saddam runs a police state that can easily squelch discontent about...
...Japan." The strong yen has helped bring prices within reach, but the European success is mainly due to hard work and heavy investment. BMW has gone furthest in putting down roots. It has built from scratch its own network of 120 dealerships and committed serious money to a big spare-parts center. At its vehicle-preparation facility, the imports are tuned and polished to the perfection that the finicky Japanese buyer demands. Says Hans-Peter Sonnenborn, president of BMW Japan: "Japanese customers are extremely image-, service- and quality- oriented, but if you meet their requirements, they are very loyal." Surveys...
...also harder. Says former Republican National Committee co-chairwoman Maureen Reagan, an indefatigable fund raiser: "Women still feel they ought to say thank you for their paychecks, so it's hard to get them in the habit of making campaign contributions and doing it for more than spare change." Nonetheless, fund-raising operations -- notably EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast), the Hollywood Women's Political Committee and the Women's Campaign Fund -- are slowly changing the gender deficit. EMILY's List, founded by Ellen Malcolm, has raised more than $800,000 in 1990, in contrast...