Word: agreement
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...once a long-shot prospect to become father-in-law of Britain's Prince Charles (Watkins' daughter Laura Jo had a romance with the Prince before marrying an American actor). Watkins' last Government job was as head of Ronald Reagan's AIDS commission; he showed a gift for drawing agreement from people with very diverse views by coaxing a surprisingly compassionate report out of a sometimes quarrelsome group. Watkins' flexibility will be sorely tested in his new job. His biggest task will be to develop a strategy for resuming nuclear- weapons-fuel production and simultaneously cleaning up the fearsome pollution...
...their independence. This spring Warner Pacific College, a small (enrollment: 400) church-affiliated school in Portland, Ore., is expected to approve the sale of 49% of its physical plant to Amvic International, a Japanese company that operates English-language schools in Japan. The $6 million price tag includes an agreement to lease the facilities to the college for 30 years and to make the firm's president a regent of the school. The transaction benefits both parties: Amvic's direct link with the U.S. college gives it a valuable marketing tool back home, and Warner Pacific is relieved...
...facing charges of sexually assaulting a co-worker in Holyoke Center has no plans to enter a plea bargain agreement with the state, his lawyer said yesterday...
...real estate firm's action forced Daly to renegotiate his lease, which was to have expired in 1994. An agreement was reached Tuesday night after two days of negotiations...
...took some gunboat diplomacy to bring the area under British sovereignty. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ended the First Anglo-Chinese War and transferred Hong Kong to the crown. In 1898 the mainland region later known as the New Territories was added under the 99-year lease agreement. The only disruption of the tenancy was the Japanese occupation during World...