Word: bonde
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Underlying Soviet arithmetic and diplomacy was an attempt to undermine the very basis of the Atlantic Alliance by breaking an important bond between the U.S. and Western Europe. By opposing the addition of even one new intermediate-range warhead in NATO countries, the Soviets hoped to deny the U.S. the right and the ability to treat the defense of Western Europe as an extension of American self-defense...
Eight accounting firms, audited financial statements for both Sentinel companies. Said Ray Le Flore, an attorney for Barr Bros., a New York bond dealer that invested some $600,000 with Sentinel: "The offering circular would never have caught the attention of anybody at this level but for the good company in which it was viewed...
...books come to the twentieth century a long and sorry chapter must inevitably be devoted to the relationship between Israel and South Africa. The chapter, will no doubt be used as a case study in the depths to which governments can sink--a study of the Israel-South Africa bond also provides an invaluable survey of the complexities of modern politics, which, in the end, turn out to be no more entangled than the average murder mystery...
...Congress itself last June, of raising $73 billion in new revenue. Even the larger target would have had limited impact on federal deficits that are running at around $200 billion a year. The $8 billion tax bill foundered partly because it would have placed restrictions on industrial bonds issued by states to finance major construction projects. This offended some special interests-construction contractors, building-trades unions and bond brokers-and they put the squeeze on Congress. When brought to the floor at the insistence of House Speaker Tip O'Neill, the bill could not even muster enough votes...
...players such animosity rarely exists. Even in the most bitter rivalries, the game is a test of strength and skill between equals and the teams can shake hands afterwards. The players respect each others abilities and have the exclusive bond of having been in the area together...