Word: broker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long as there is a referee to ensure that the emergence of a multiparty system does not result in social anarchy. The Communist Youth League daily Komsomolskaya Pravda has a candidate in mind: "Today he is the only one who is able to become the rallying point and broker among the multitude of political and social forces in this country. After all, he is our President." Gorbachev could not have said it better...
...brutal war between the government of President Virgilio Barco Vargas and the Medellin cocaine cartel, the drug lords have scored the latest hit. Last week the cartel's paramilitary group, the "Extraditables," claimed responsibility for the Dec. 20 abduction of investment broker Alvaro Diego Montoya, 36, the son of Barco's closest political adviser, general secretary of the presidency German Montoya...
...unique in the annals of excuses for leaving the bride at the altar. California Senator Alan Cranston, 75, indefinitely postponed his Christmas Eve wedding to real estate broker Cathy Pattiz, 49, on account of the turmoil caused by his receipt of $850,000 from Charles Keating, the former owner of Lincoln Savings and Loan. "When the press pounced upon us before we filled out the marriage-license forms, it became clear to me that this is not an appropriate time to start a marriage," said Cranston, who has started two marriages before. "It would not be fair to Cathy...