Word: viciousness
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...months many economists have feared that the energy crisis would leave a disastrous economic hangover; skyrocketing petroleum prices, they worried, would start a vicious circle of protectionism among countries threatened by huge trade deficits. Last week brought an ominous sign that those pessimists might be right. Without consulting its eight partners in the European Economic Community (Common Market), the Italian government announced that importers of many foreign products would have to deposit half the purchase price with the state bank. The money would be held for six months and then refunded-without interest. With credit tight, the move amounts...
...Both of you, and Bob particularly, you ought to get yourself a libel lawyer, Bob, and use the most vicious libel lawyer there is. I'd sue every [expletive deleted] ... that also helps with public opinion...
Whether that will solve Con Ed's crisis is uncertain. It is trapped in a vicious cycle common to utilities: as its rates rise, customers burn less electricity and revenues fall, forcing more rate increases that cut usage further. But it has many problems of its own. The state public service commission requires that its rates be based on last year's costs. A 60-day lag exists between Con Ed's paying for fuel and receiving payment for it from customers; currently the utility has spent $107 million to generate electricity for which no bills have...
...with the life and interests of all oppressed people in this country. But you are a liar in both areas, and I know for sure that your and Mom's interests are never the interests of the people." Attacking white society, she said that she had learned how "vicious the pig really is." She added: "Our comrades are teaching me to attack with even greater viciousness, in the knowledge that the people will...
...declining momentum shows strikingly in Florida's Cocoa Beach, the town that space built. Five years ago, eager tipplers stood four deep at the bar in spots like Ramon's and The Surf during the Friday afternoon happy hours. The drink of the day was a vicious concoction called a "moonshot" (two-thirds 151-proof dark rum and one-third vodka mixed with cream). Now the drinking ranks are older and sparser, and it is difficult to find a bartender who remembers how to mix a moonshot...