Word: thinking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...people's behavior is unnaturally -- even unnecessarily -- gloomy, it is easy to understand why. They feel less rich, less safe and less certain about what the future holds than they did in Christmases Past. In the real estate fantasylands of California and the Northeast, homeowners who think they live in a $300,000 house suddenly "lose" $80,000 when they try to sell. In Chicago out-of-work architects are invited to lunch at a soup kitchen for a bowl of chili and some free advice from colleagues who have survived previous recessions. Washington hairdressers report that business is down...
...income. "I really try to get us on a savings plan," says Sarah Frazier, who lives with her husband Richard in Idyllwild, Calif. "We want to start a family someday, and it's getting harder and harder with food prices, car loans, interest payments and utilities. Just when you think you have a grasp on things, something changes...
...current policy is a Dulles echo, then says, "Maybe so, maybe so. What I'm trying to do is convince Saddam Hussein that I intend to do my part in implementing the United Nations resolutions. The way to have peace is for him to understand that. I don't think he does...
Around the Cabinet table, the new Secretary can be expected to provide calm, deliberate counsel. "He is totally at ease with power," says Marty Connors, executive director of the Southern Republican Exchange, a Birmingham think tank founded by Alexander. Equally important, Alexander and his wife are longtime social intimates of the Bushes who get along with the First Family on a first-name basis. Good choice, George...
...Hopkins sought advice from its lawyers. Other institutions were more defiant. The American Council on Education, a lobbying and research organization, told its 1,800 member colleges and universities to ignore the opinion. Declared Florida Atlantic's Catanese: "We are not going to adhere to this directive because we think it is wrong...