Word: branched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...husband Michael Dorris, who is part Modoc, is a professor in the college's department of Native American studies. She has a master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins, a pocketful of literary awards and fellowships, and a seat on the executive board of the U.S. branch of PEN, the international writers' organization...
...mega-firms are not endangered, of course, because they provide many services that smaller firms cannot. Big corporations that want to sell their products globally often prefer to deal with agencies that maintain large research departments and branch offices all around the world. Because they deal in volume, major agencies can also offer some services at more competitive prices...
Despite such resistance, the more liberal Anglican branches are now determined to go beyond women priests and consecrate women as bishops. The opposition to this step is formidable: 40% of the conference voted in favor of an Australian's motion to stall elections of women bishops. Nonetheless, facing up to the inevitable, the meeting decided to let each branch do as it pleases and then directed Runcie to appoint a commission to deal with the resulting disputes...
...unanimous opinion, the high court rejected the principle that the executive branch may keep certain papers secret, a practice that is used in some form in about one quarter of the states and by the federal executive branch...
...very big, and it is going to take us a while before we really get a share. But we can be patient, even take some losses and develop it." Rivals on Wall Street know they cannot afford to be complacent. Says Eugene Atkinson, former head of the Tokyo branch of Manhattan's Goldman, Sachs investment firm: "Despite all our efforts to make long-term plans, we pale in comparison with Nomura's awesome strategic thinking and investment." There is always the reminder of Detroit in the 1960s, when U.S. auto companies thought they were invulnerable to Japanese competition. Says Jayme...