Word: stressing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Reluctant to talk tough at first, George Bush began to stress as events sank in, that "all options remain open." But Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was doubtful. "I don't think we have a military option at the moment, nor do we have a treaty obligation," he said. A senior Pentagon general confirmed, "On the ground, in the short run, we are not players." Several thousand airborne troops and Marines could be sent in quickly, but they would be no match for the 100,000 Iraqis who invaded Kuwait...
...worst fear is that U.S. banks could be the next disaster. In congressional testimony last week, L. William Seidman, who chairs both the RTC and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said the $13 billion FDIC fund that guarantees bank deposits was under "very substantial stress" because of bank failures and would probably show a loss for the third straight year. So far, 112 banks have closed their doors in 1990. That is comparable to the rate last year, when some 200 banks were shut...
...Holmes, "he would simply stress that thecoincidence of law with good law or with law asthe majority desires it, is merely incidental tothe fact that the majority now has the power tocompel recognition of its interests," Souterwrote
Doctors have warned about the dangers of high blood pressure for nearly a century, ever since U.S. brain surgeon Harvey Cushing and others noted that measuring blood flow was a good way of determining how much stress the heart was under. But exactly what physicians mean by "high" has shifted over the years. Now it appears that the danger point may be lower than previously thought...
Indeed, the New Kids are a paradigm of pop's renewed stress on success and salesmanship. At their appearances, vendors hawking New Kids merchandise will help pull in an estimated $400 million this year. Giant video screens keep the crowd engaged during intermission with New Kids multiple-choice trivia contests (Q.: Who is Jordan's favorite singer? A.: Frank Sinatra) and with repeated, insistent references to McDonald's, which has pitched in a bundle to sponsor the group's U.S. tour. "They're a very wholesome, all-American group that has the same kind of family values that McDonald...