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...many concerns calling for stern management, Yeltsin might be expected to stay at his desk. Instead he announced he would fly to Japan this week for a long-scheduled three-day visit. He may have felt he had to keep the date this time, because he twice had to cancel to deal with crises at home. Beyond that, Yeltsin knows that appearances matter. Even if everything in Russia is not completely under his control, his arrival in Tokyo will invite the world to think he has everything firmly in hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Best Chance for Yeltsin | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

SOCRATES But you said you don't want to do chemistry! You should cancel and get your refund! If you're really being honest when you say you want to do art, you should cancel your chemistry...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: With Friends Like These... | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

GLAUCON (Fuming) I'm not going to cancel this GRE just to prove to you that I want...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: With Friends Like These... | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

When I was in high school, the headmaster would announce every year about this time that classes were canceled the next day, and that the whole school would climb Mount Monadnock. This is easier with a 400-person high school than it is with an 18,000 student university. (If Rudenstine were to cancel Friday's classes for a hike, how much of Monadnock would be left when we finished with...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: The Fall (and Foliage) of Cambridge | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

Florida citrus growers cancel $500,000 spokesman contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Aug. 30, 1993 | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

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