Word: begun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wave of Western capital that sloshed through Malaysia at the height of the Asian miracle in 1993 had just begun to recede when Mahathir began using the example of China to connect his disdain for Western economics with his hatred of Western politics. "China may be authoritarian, but it is better than anarchy," Mahathir said in 1994. "Business needs order. It needs to have a predictable future." He continued: "The sanctimonious pronouncements on humanitarian, democratic and environmental issues are motivated by the same selfish interest -- the desire to put as many obstacles as possible in the way of anyone attempting...
...Northern Ireland. Since the shaky summer of Drumcree and the shock and sorrow of the Omagh bombing, the province appears to be very much back on the track to peace. All but one of the renegade guerrilla groups have declared a cease-fire; Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has begun to renounce violence with all the passion of a would-be Nobel laureate; and just before Clinton touched down Thursday, news came through that Unionist leader and first minister David Trimble had agreed to meet face-to-face with Adams for the very first time. You can forgive Sandy Berger...
...years, Bill Clinton's countrymen have thought that for all his messiness and melodrama, he was a basically good fellow, our Bubba, our flawed and favored good ole boy. But after this speech, with its sullen anger and trimming, a chord may have been broken, an estrangement begun. Something tells me "He's not a slob, he's a bad man" is on the way, which will be especially wounding for one who so needily gulps the people's approbation...
...disapproved of the devaluation, the Clinton Administration and the IMF say they will work with Moscow to get through the crisis and pursue broader reforms. When Bill Clinton arrives in Moscow on Sept. 1 for a two-day summit, he intends to tell Yeltsin that. But because democracy has begun to take hold in Russia, the country's wary voters will ultimately decide its course...
...think bigger is better, but workers aren't reaping many benefits. Instead, more employees are getting the ax because of the record number of billion-dollar mergers, according to a new report. In the past four months 13% of layoffs were merger related, and cost cutting hasn't even begun at giant proposed combinations like SBC and Ameritech. So it may be time to dust off that resume...