Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remarkable recovery was a triumph for the Soviet space program. One concern that has clouded plans for a manned mission to Mars is the fear that cosmonauts' health would deteriorate badly in the extended weightlessness of the 30-month round-trip voyage. "Now," says Cosmonaut Training Commander Vladimir Shatalov, "we are sure that it is possible to complete such a mission...
...some public school systems, arms control is an everyday concern. In Boston, for instance, hundreds of knives and other weapons are confiscated from city pupils each year. At one time those caught red-handed were automatically expelled. But for the past year hundreds have been sent instead to a yellow brick school building in the working-class Roslindale section. At the Barron Assessment and Counseling Center, as the place is called, they go through a five-to-ten-day program designed to get them to put down their knives and pick up their books...
...palpable. Share prices gyrated, and the value of the dollar fluctuated fitfully, but none of the financial markets moved with any conviction. Traders seemed practically paralyzed by the knowledge that on Friday the Commerce Department would release the U.S. trade statistics for November. There was good reason for their concern. Three months earlier a worse than expected trade-deficit figure helped send the stock market into a slide that culminated in the great crash of Oct. 19. And in mid-December the announcement of a sharp jump in the trade deficit sent the dollar tumbling...
...Concern about the trade deficit focused attention on last week's visit to the White House by Japan's new Prime Minister, Noboru Takeshita. Last year Japan accounted for $60 billion of the U.S. trade gap. The two leaders agreed that reducing the trade imbalance was a "top priority," but took only a few modest steps in that direction. Takeshita made new proposals to give American construction companies greater access to Japanese public works projects. He also promised that his government would strive to hold down interest rates, which could help stimulate Japan's economy and boost demand for imports...
...that proud accomplishment, along with almost everything else in Taiwanese life, is overshadowed by the pivotal question of the country's future relations with the mainland Communist regime, which still claims the island as a province. Clearly concerned that Taiwan's new leadership may lack Chiang's adamant belief that the island remain a part of China, Beijing's leaders went out of their way to pay tribute to the late President. Communist Party Chief Zhao Ziyang noted approvingly that Chiang "had upheld a 'one- China' policy." Taiwan's geopolitical status is also a matter of concern for Washington, which...