Word: sparkly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mini-climax which occurs when Christine (Debbie Wasser) kills Ezra (Benajah Cobb). The underplayed emotions defuse the scene's potential. At other points, though, the tension is very real. A card game between mother and daughter and the final conversation between brother and sister provide a genuine spark...
...Pope traveled the next day to Wroclaw, an industrial city in southwestern Poland that has also been the scene of heated clashes between riot police and Solidarity demonstrators. Security officials were afraid that an unguarded word from John Paul would spark renewed street violence. On the eve of the visit, convoys of blue and gray military and police vehicles patrolled the city. Helicopters hovered ominously above as pilgrims made their way in the early-morning light to the city's race track for an open-air Mass...
...alarming bulge in M1, the basic money supply, which consists chiefly of currency and bank checking accounts. In the past six months, M1 has been growing at a 13.5% annual rate, despite a $3.2 billion drop reported last week. That pace could eventually overheat the economy and spark a new run-up in prices. The Fed's announced target range for M1 growth for the year is 4% to 8%. Says Rudolph Penner, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute: "If there's no clampdown on the money supply very soon, inflation will be back next year with...
Three hangings spark a furor...
...March, the Committee stumbled upon information that would spark the reinvigorated debate over South African investments this spring. One company in the Harvard portfolio, Carnation, received a failing rating for the third year in a row on the Sullivan Principles, a set of fair employment guidelines for American companies operating in South Africa. In looking into the Carnation matter, the ACSR decided to check up on the Sullivan ratings of all the companies in the portfolio. This review revealed that Harvard held shares in two companies which had not even signed the Sullivan Principles, let alone received unsatisfactory ratings...