Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still confident of winning on appeal, Texaco has not yet faced any unusual hardships. Some oil executives may be anxious about the company's future, but the depressed state of the industry ensures that almost no one turns down a chance to do business with Texaco. No creditors are demanding to be paid in cash. There can be no doubt, though, that its battle with Pennzoil has preoccupied Texaco executives and employees. All are well aware that if Texaco loses the final round of its battle with Pennzoil, the firm will have little choice but to file for bankruptcy protection...
Dukakis has been spoken of as a presidential candidate ever since he won re-election last November by the largest margin in state history. And some in Massachusetts are making it clear they are anxious for their chief executive to become president...
Even Italy is providing the public with graphic information. A five-hour special broadcast last week by RAI, the state-run network, included sketches of couples engaged in various intimate acts. Health officials discussed the AIDS-related risks associated with the pictured practices, and fielded calls from anxious viewers. France has yet to start a coordinated effort. A 20-year- old law, prompted by France's stagnant birth rate and amended only in November, had made it illegal to advertise condoms on television or in magazines...
...realized they could not "get their way" in Afghanistan. Indeed, the Soviet army has suffered an estimated 35,000 dead and wounded. Privately, U.S. officials say they are convinced that Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, frustrated by the expensive military stalemate and eager to bolster the ailing Soviet economy, is anxious to bring his soldiers home from Afghanistan. The question facing Gorbachev is how. The rebels refuse to join a government that is not independent, while the Soviets want a regime friendly to Moscow. "Gorbachev cannot afford just to walk away," says a senior U.S. diplomat, "and the Afghan rebels will...
That potential demand makes some people anxious to see the surrogate practice halted now. "If you regulate it," objects William Pierce, president of the National Committee for Adoption, "that is making a public statement that it's all right. We decided a hundred years ago we didn't want people bought and sold in this country." Some religious groups vehemently oppose the practice. The Roman Catholic Church, which condemns artificial insemination outside of marriage, regards surrogacy as a violation of the biological and spiritual unity of husband and wife. In a joint statement last month, New Jersey's bishops further...