Word: begun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said, however, that he has not begun fundraising for the first-ever tenured post in Indian history, adding that the subject matter has made it especially difficult for the University to solicit donations...
Ortega was not alone in his attempt to wriggle free of rigid positions that could prove too constrictive in the weeks ahead. All five Central American Presidents who signed the peace plan in Guatemala City three months ago are now downplaying the Nov. 5 cease-fire deadline, and have begun referring to the date as the beginning of a peace process rather than a cutoff for achieving the accord's goals. "We never expected that peace and democracy would descend from heaven on Nov. 5," insists a Costa Rican official. In Washington, where congressional opposition promises to doom the White...
Along with just about everyone else, the contra civilian leadership seems to have concluded that the rebels are finished as a fighting force. Even the Reagan Administration has reportedly begun preparing contingency plans to withdraw the contras from combat should the peace plan prevail. Still, as many as 10,000 rebels fight on. "What's going to happen to those kids out in the jungle?" laments a U.S. State Department official. But others at State are asking, Is the pain of getting out of a war reason enough to stay...
...never so violently as on Black Monday. Tickers and news reports flashed the story of huge price declines on heavy volume. With each sale, more investors became convinced that a collapse had begun and they had better get out while they still could. Mutual-fund managers tried to hold on but could not; they had to dump stock to get cash to pay off investors who clamored to redeem their fund shares. Margin calls to investors who had bought stock on credit aggravated the frenzy. Some could not put up additional collateral and were sold...
...Amid threats of imminent coups and assassinations, she visited Davao City on the strife- torn island of Mindanao. By week's end the police were tearing down strike barricades. The moves are proving to be popular, so much so that even Aquino's disaffected Vice President, Salvador Laurel, has begun to soften his criticism of her leadership. Earlier, Laurel admitted there was a tactical alliance between some of his supporters and those of Aquino's archrival, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. After the President's speech, Laurel said his differences with her had "started to narrow." Enrile, however, dismissed her pronouncements...