Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason for the move: pressure from the Bush Administration's debt- reduction plan. A Sept. 13 agreement to ease Mexico's debt gives banks the choice of lending new money to the country or accepting a 35% cut in the value of their outstanding loans...
...intensified, overseas firms have rolled over their U.S. rivals and acquired many of them. In the past two years, such brands as Firestone and General Tire have been taken over by foreign manufacturers. Last week the U.S. ranks were further deflated when France's Michelin Group reached an agreement to take over Uniroyal Goodrich for $1.5 billion. The deal leaves Goodyear the last major U.S. contender...
...comandante, agreed to talk with TIME separately last week about the prospects for peace. Though they clearly remain divided on important issues, each man spoke without rancor of his enemy and acknowledged that a fight to the end is no longer feasible. "It's time to look for an agreement and forget about ((past)) accusations," said Cristiani. Villalobos, in turn, conceded that a prolonged war "no longer corresponds to the reality of the world. If a revolutionary asked me today what to do, I would say, 'Conspire to launch a short-term...
Signaling a new candor, Villalobos said the F.M.L.N. had "made mistakes," including a failure to negotiate a peace agreement in 1980. He also acknowledged that the rebels have received arms from Nicaragua. Although Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said as much to Cristiani last August, it was the first public admission from the F.M.L.N...
Harvard's agreement to the new policy helps set a precedent for landlords across the state, said Christopher J. Burke, general counsel and acting executive director of the Fair Housing Commission...