Word: concessioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The issues dividing the two sides are of such stupefying triviality that even dedicated fans have trouble paying attention. The prime obstacle to a new contract is a disagreement over when players should be eligible for the rather arcane process of salary arbitration. The owners insist on three full years...
Wisely, Chamorro's first impulse was to strike a note of reconciliation. "There were no winners or losers in these elections," she told Ortega when the two met at her home the evening after the vote. Chamorro pressed a similar message in her victory speech. "This is an election that...
Chamorro is certain she can suture Nicaragua's self-inflicted wounds. Abolishing the unpopular military draft will be the first step. She must also rein in Godoy, whose statements during the campaign suggested that settling old scores might be the new government's top priority. At her first press conference...
The Central Committee did implicitly acknowledge, however, that there is room for improvement, when it called for a "favorable environment for creative thinking and fruitful debate." In making that concession, the party appeared to be playing to the home audience. According to U.S. intelligence reports, CuTMEba is enduring an intense...
With a concession stand in one corner, an organ leading the crowd in cheers in another corner and two rinks which gave the air of the Roman Coliseum, these guys were serious.