Word: cancelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should not subject institutions to the personal prejudices of public officials. Back in New York, the underfunded Brooklyn Museum of Art ? which was hoping that "Sensations" would help put it back on the road to the big leagues ? faces a no-win situation: If they back down and cancel the show, they?ve likely closed their doors to future groundbreaking works. If they stand their ground and defy the mayor, their doors may be closed, period...
...Aceh and Irian Jaya would use the East Timor precedent to push for their own secession--and so, the theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce East Timor to a state of anarchy to cancel out entirely the result of the referendum. "The military feels insulted," says Harry Tjan Silalahi, a think-tank director in Jakarta. "Some may want to restore order, but those in the field have a much different purpose." In all likelihood, each of these explanations added a sliver of sick truth...
...Freshman Dean's office was forced to cancel several of the "Through the Gates" excursions it offers for first-years yesterday due to the storm, according to Elizabeth S. Nathans, dean of freshmen. "We fear that several more may meet the same fate on Friday...
Kroks Forced to Cancel Tour Concerts in China...
...Price Index, with just a 0.1 hike in the "core" rate - sparked a 100-point rally that traders promptly sold off for fun and profit. On the Fed watch, TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl figures today?s number and yesterday?s ?- a mildly alarming boost in retail sales ?- cancel each other out. "My sense from the last meeting was that the Fed was done unless it saw some clear and unambiguous evidence that inflation was on the rise," he says. "And there certainly hasn?t been any of that." Plus, says Baumohl, there?s one more good reason that...