Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before the invasion began on Dec. 11. Now it could be interpreted as a humiliating admission of defeat at the hands of rebel bands. And after the destruction of the past month, would the Chechens ever willingly rejoin Russia on any terms? Would Yeltsin dare settle for approximately the bargain he might have got without fighting? That would in effect mean confessing that hundreds, perhaps thousands of Russian soldiers had died, and the army had suffered a debacle for nothing. It is questionable whether Yeltsin could survive that...
...last week's events made him a happy man. He has cashed in his shorts, and he's neutral at the moment, neither buying nor selling, just biding his time. Rogers advises that people who own Mexican stocks should hold onto them because otherwise they'll be feeding the bargain hunters...
...makes it likely the players' union will challenge the cap before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), prompting lengthy proceedings and increasing the likelihood that teams will go to spring training with replacement players. Meanwhile, the NLRB hours earlier said it would charge owners with failure to bargain in good faith and with discriminating against union members, specifically because the owners failed to pay almost $8 million to the players' benefit plan in August...
...September, Newt Gingrich rallied more than 300 G.O.P. candidates in Washington to embrace the "Contract with America." President Clinton derided it but is now ready to bargain on certain parts...
...after two seasons only with the help of a letter-writing campaign from fans. But in its third season, NBC moved the show to a weak time slot, on Fridays at 10 p.m., and cut its budget by $9,000 an episode, putting a further crimp in the already bargain-basement special effects. The show was gone after that season...