Word: beate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democratic Socialists did not fare much better, dropping sharply, from 37 seats to 26. The centrist, Buddhist-oriented Clean Government Party did slightly better, losing only two of its 59 seats. Commented Tokyo Political Analyst Takayoshi Miyagawa: "It is more accurate to say that the opposition parties were badly beat up rather than that the L.D.P...
...thoroughfare for freedom beat...
Jaruzelski is banking on Moscow's support to help implement the economic- reform plan endorsed by the congress last week. The program includes giving greater authority to plant managers and holding down wages to help beat inflation. Jaruzelski also hopes to boost exports to aid in repaying some of Poland's $31 billion foreign debt. He would like to enlist the aid of the U.S. as well. But a resumption of normal relations is unlikely, since Warsaw refuses to meet the U.S. demand for a "national reconciliation" that would recognize the opposition and end human-rights abuses...
...Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga: "If Pretoria will not listen to arguments based on rights, it will listen to arguments based on rands." But no one expects measures against South African trade to be nearly as effective as the banking action. Some businessmen somewhere will always find ways to beat the boycott and make a profit...
Producers candidly admit, though, that their new tamper-resistant packaging is far from tamperproof. Says Marshall Molloy, a spokesman for Warner-Lambert: "Given sufficient resources, skill and determination, the criminal can beat any safety measure known today...