Word: bended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...name of industry--and the almighty dollar--businesses seek to buy Harvard and bend its brainpower to their private gain...
...tense maneuvering and blatant logrolling by pro-Manion forces, Senators divided mainly along party lines, with only two Democrats for Manion and five Republicans against. The deans of some 40 law schools protested the appointment on the ground that Manion was short on experience and competence. A South Bend, Ind., lawyer who is a former state legislator and son of a leader of the ultraconservative John Birch Society, Manion, 44, has never argued a case before a federal appeals court. The American Bar Association had found Manion "qualified," but that is its lowest passing grade...
...more than 30% against the dollar since September, cutting into the competitiveness of Japanese exports. After lobbying for rigid caps on currency fluctuations, Nakasone reluctantly went along with the other summit leaders and agreed to a vague system of monitoring exchange rates. To make matters worse, he appeared to bend to American wishes by agreeing to an antiterrorist statement that singled out Libya. Historically, Japan has tried to avoid antagonizing Arab states, including Libya, on which it depends...
...year devotion and service to the Reagans was factored into the deals. Deaver may never have understood his own special place in the world of power. Few men in history have had such personal and professional trust from a President. If he had it to do again, Deaver would bend over backward to break cleanly with the White House. "I would keep a lower profile," he said...
...WANTED. APPLY WITHIN. Suddenly America is running up against serious labor shortages that are crimping many businesses and forcing corporate headhunters to work overtime. As a result, says Richard Kappus, an analyst at the New York State department of labor, companies are having to "do more, spend more and bend over backward to attract workers." The shortages are most severe in low-paying service jobs and in many positions that require technical skills. The maddening worker deficit has come about in part because of the low birthrate, or "baby bust," of the 1960s and early 1970s, which is causing fewer...