Word: biannual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...announcement came, fittingly enough, from Brezhnev himself, who after 16 years at the helm has proved to be the most durable Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin. Addressing 1,500 delegates to the biannual session of the Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin, Brezhnev announced that Kosygin, 76, was stepping down "on the grounds of his health, which has recently worsened." To replace him as Prime Minister, Brezhnev formally nominated Kosygin's longtime deputy, Nikolai Tikhonov, 75. The parliament's approval, with a unanimous show of hands, came automatically. Kosygin and former President Anastas Mikoyan are the only top Kremlin...
...fifth-lowest paid in the country, Snyder says, 9 to 5 is now focusing its protest on the Boston Survey Group, an organization of more than 40 banks, insurance companies, hospitals, universities (including Harvard) and other businesses which meets quarterly to discuss employment practices. The group conducts biannual indepth clerical salary surveys, which, Snyder says, "set the going rate for salaries of secretaries and office workers. In effect, the Boston Survey Group sets an artificially low ceiling on what office workers are paid in Boston," Snyder says...
Nurses, volunteer workers, and donors will fill Memorial Hall until the end of next week during the biannual Red Cross blood drive...