Word: spiraling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peculiar physiological shifts as the nights lengthen and the weather turns cold. A pallor sets in around the cheeks and jaw, the hair becomes dishevelled, and exhaustion and bad breath replace the generally sunny, if somewhat offstandish, demeanor. As the progress continues, cause feeds on effect, creating a downward spiral of personal appearance and emotional well-being...
...major objection to SDI," Nixon wrote, was "because he believed that if SDI went forward there would be a massive spiral in the arms race." Once again, Nixon's memo implied that he agreed with Gorbachev, and he urged Reagan to consider a strategic arms deal that would protect the U.S.'s right to continue "purposeful research" in SDI while trading restrictions on deployment for reductions in Soviet missiles...
Both Owen and North, however, suspected that contra suppliers were dealing in narcotics. After a conversation with Owen on Aug. 9, 1985, North scribbled a message in the spiral notebook he used as a diary: "DC-6 which is being used for ((contra supply)) runs out of New Orleans is probably being used for drug runs into...
...primarily designed to let investors protect their portfolios against sudden market changes, especially in a form of trading known as portfolio insurance. But since the crash, they have been called speculative instruments that can whipsaw the market as a whole. Many experts argue that Black Monday's cataclysmic spiral was triggered by a panic sale of index futures by managers trying to shore up their holdings...
...first half-hour at the exchange, trading stops on all but three of the 250 listed Japanese stocks. "I've never seen anything like this," complains a trader. A downward spiral does not stop until 14.9% is chopped off the value ( of the Nikkei index. It is the worst one-day fall ever, eclipsing the 10% drop set off by the 1953 death of Joseph Stalin...