Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be fine, but they might accept, which could be even better. After an interagency group that included the Pentagon worked out the details, McFarlane came out to brief reporters in time for the evening news broadcasts. He said that the U.S. "is prepared to meet," not necessarily to bargain, but "to discuss negotiating approaches." He also said that the talks would explore "limitations" on antisatellite weapons, even though the Soviets are seeking an outright...
...Court, which declared that a contract can be unilaterally set aside as long as the company proves that the labor pact unduly "burdens" its prospects for recovery. The new act, however, sets up several steps that must be taken before a contract can be broken. Companies first have to bargain with unions over concessions. Then a bankruptcy judge has to determine if the unions refused the concessions without good reason and if the firm faces financial collapse without a new agreement...
...Latin countries will form a debtors' cartel. Says Robert Hormats, a former Assistant Secretary of State: "We are entering a very dangerous period, so the point will be to keep the dialogue going." The danger is that the borrowers would walk away from their loans or attempt to bargain collectively for much easier terms, resulting in an international banking crisis...
...These acts of violence are believed to be the work of other guerrilla groups that oppose the ceasefire. But F.A.R.C.'s second-in-command, Jacobo Arenas, remained firm. Said he: "We are going to give the President a little more strength by keeping our part of the peace bargain...
...that sixth vote is Vellucci. If, that is, the liberals include a large number of houses. "They [the liberals] thought they had Al Vellucci in the bag, but now they see that they don't, and Senor David Sullivan will have to bargain with me," Vellucci says...