Word: annuals
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This year marks the second National Coming Out Day, which was started in 1988 to coincide with the first anniversary of a large gay rights march on Washington, D.C. Organizers said the annual observance was designed to "increase the visibility and tolerance of gay people in the United States and on college campuses," said Khadjavi, co-vice chair of BGLSA...
...Sunday, Kasaparov will be present for the First Annual Harvard Chess Cup in which five of the stongest American chess players will play five computers, Edelman said. Before the tournament, Kasparov will make a few remarks on the future of computers in chess...
...most startling symptom of dovishness came from the Pentagon, in the just-released 1989 edition of Soviet Military Power. In the past, the Defense Department has used its annual threat assessment to present the latest scary examples of Soviet high-tech weaponry. This year's version features a cover photo of Soviet soldiers in retreat from Afghanistan under the headline "Prospects for Change." The report concludes, "Today the likelihood of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is perhaps as low as it has been at any time in the postwar era." Admiral William Crowe, who retired last week...
...officials estimate that about 300,000 Soviet citizens, mostly Jews and Armenians, will send in forms during the next twelve months. The annual quota set by Washington, however, will provide no more than 50,000 with refugee visas -- a 25% increase over last year -- and an additional 30,000 with "parole" status, permission to come to the U.S. but with no financial assistance. Result: the U.S., after demanding for years that the U.S.S.R. loosen its emigration laws, will turn away more than 200,000 Soviet emigres...
That figure is in addition to the $252 million in food and economic assistance to both countries pledged earlier by President George Bush. Last week, addressing the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Bush declared that "we must do more." In the case of Poland, the Administration is planning to increase its assistance program. Though the White House offered few details about what it called a "new package of support" for Poland, aides hinted that a half-billion dollars' worth of credits and loans would be announced this week. Officials said it would be channeled through agencies...