Word: abruptly
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Healy said Question 9 "creates very difficult problems" for the city. "The abrupt climination of rent control would cause great hardship for many people and undoubtedly have far reaching and unpredictable impacts on the character and diversity of our community...
...hijacking comes at a curious time: Flights to Bosnian-held Sarajevo have been frequently interrupted, but the flow of aid has been steadier of late. This week has also seen an abrupt reversal in the conflict as Bosnian Muslims have made significant military gains.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...abrupt turnaround in a war it had been losing, the Muslim-led Bosnian government launched its biggest successful offensive in over two years, driving 5,000 Serbs from a northwest region. The loss was a major setback for the Serbs whose political fortunes have been deteriorating as well in recent weeks. A U.N. spokesman said the Serb forces "crumbled" as they abandoned equipment. U.N. relief workers were attempting to bring in food and other...
...Cheever is our little Chekhov; like ragtime, he should be played slowly. The elegance and pain in his work need to be discovered gradually, like the bruised beauty of a sunset. These actors do get the shouting scenes right; their abrupt, strangulated outbursts are appropriate to people who have been bred to optimism and implosion, not to the articulation of rage. And Van Dyck finds wit and poignancy in her several roles. She often has the taut stillness of a woman listening for catastrophe. But the rest of the cast often pushes too hard. Any overacting brutalizes Cheever's prose...
...conflict between the two countries over Pyongyang's nuclear program. Robert L. Gallucci, the chief American negotiator, said a draft would be sent to both capitals for approval from lawmakers, and a final document will probably be signed in Geneva on Friday. News of the accord was an abrupt reversal from just yesterday, when talks between the two countries were cut off. No details of the accord were available, but it's likely to build on provisions reached earlier: North Korea will offer to open its nuclear facilities to international inspection and scrap its outdated atomic-energy program. In return...