Word: according
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...countless contributions to American culture, African studies is woefully neglected at Harvard. At the start of the proposed $2.5 billion fund drive that will set the research priorities of the University for years to come, we continue to urge the administration to look beyond the lure of lucre and accord proper recognition to non-traditional fields that are not as popular with the deep-pockets...
Both sides remain publicly committed to their agreed-upon goal of cutting $50 billion out of the deficit next year as a down payment on $500 billion in reductions by 1996. But despite the burst of bipartisan determination, Bush is unlikely to be presented with an accord when he returns to Washington. As the talks began, Democrats suggested instituting a vaguely defined tax on energy and eliminating the income tax provision that reduces the marginal tax rate for the wealthiest Americans from 33% to 28%. Both ideas are anathema to Republicans, some of whom, like House minority whip Newt Gingrich...
...long warned against the danger of Iraq, it is, by force of circumstance, in no position to take action. Washington has made it clear, and Shamir's government has conceded, that Western interests are best served if Israel lies low. Any assertive Israeli intrusion might jeopardize the delicate accord the U.S. has reached with its Arab allies or give Saddam an excuse to turn the crisis into an anti-Israeli crusade...
...Russian republic's parliament in May, had won a round. Gorbachev reportedly accepted, in principle at least, a program for switching to a market economy within 500 days -- the kind of crash program he has resisted because he felt the country was not ready for it. The accord was worked out in the Russian parliament, not in the President's inner circle. Radicals saw the development as a sign of their strength. Said Moscow Mayor Gavril Popov, who favors rapid change: "This is the first sign of a realignment into a center-left coalition...
...acquire Atlanta-based Contel for $6 billion and form the nation's largest provider of local service and second-largest cellular-phone company. A shadow was cast over the agreement, however, when the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit, charging that insiders had bought Contel stock before the accord was announced...