Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...store's "bargain basement" underworld for garments, I discover extensively used Levis for only...
Think of it as bargain shopping. More technical terms such as "vender discount" and "leveraged purchasing" could also serve well...
...which the powers of the President, the parliament and the government would be redefined. Since Yeltsin would undoubtedly have to impose limitations on the parliament to make the plan work, rebellious deputies seem unlikely to buy it, even if the President agrees to shake up his Cabinet in the bargain...
...issue of troops and who controls them has always been a central one to the U.N. Few nations have been willing to surrender control of their forces, and so U.N. missions have always had to bargain for manpower, significantly slowing reaction time...
...while the U.S. government spent $27.6 billion on civilian research last year, the largest annual investment ever made by any country, there is a growing sense that something is wrong with the scientific bargain. AIDS remains incurable, and tuberculosis is returning. The economy is floundering as sophisticated consumer goods all seem to be stamped MADE IN JAPAN. The payback from the space shuttle seems tiny compared with the billions of dollars it burns up. Says Walter Massey, director of the National Science Foundation: "The public hears that we're No. 1 in science, and they want to know why that...