Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...abril in Seville--yet new attractions keep appearing too. This year there is an extra boon in foreign travel: the strong dollar. American currency now buys about a third more abroad than it did four years ago and 13% more than just a year ago. That makes a bargain out of everything from nights on the town in Paris to jewelry shopping in the Far East...
...trial, which Dershowitz said could last two months, has attracted international publicity Swarms of reporters at the courtroom yesterday were denied entrance by Grande during the morning session, but struck a bargain with Grande and will be allowed more coverage as the trial progresses
LEAKS LIKE this don't just happen. I Leakers always want something in the bargain and what they want in this bargain is some influence in the direction of American policy of Nicaragua...
Reagan's case for the long-range missile centered on his conviction that the U.S. must bargain with Moscow from a position of strength. "The Soviets aren't going to compromise out of the goodness of their hearts," Reagan told visiting lawmakers, "but only if they calculate that an agreement is in their immediate self-interest...
...conversations from his years as a General Dynamics executive. Most of the records have now been turned over to the Justice Department. Veliotis denies offering them to federal prosecutors in exchange for dropping the kickback charges, but no doubt he hopes his cooperation will improve chances for a future bargain. Another motive for releasing the records: a combination of personal revenge and belated remorse. "I was part of a team convinced that the way we did business was just fine," confesses Veliotis. "We were out to make money and to hell with the national interest. In hindsight I regret that...