Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...words betrayed two issues that would crack his determination: finances and family. ``The fund raising is a huge problem for everybody,'' he said. ``You look at it, and you kind of roll your eyes.'' While he dreaded ``groveling for money,'' he also hesitated to subject his three children to a third national campaign. ``It's tough on the kids. They have now regained a fairly private life,'' he said. ``It makes you wonder why a sane, family- oriented man would contemplate doing this...
...Castro seems to hope he can crack the embargo with the help of American business. He has seen how its lobbying opened up U.S. relations with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam and even North Korea; a trade mission headed by retired admiral Elmo Zumwalt and his son is visiting Pyongyang this week. So Castro is promising Yankee investors they will make a lot of money in Cuba if they will pressure Washington to end the blockade. He has made some modest gestures in recent months to underscore his appetite for American investment: shaking the hand of Vice...
Washington hopes to keep the copyright dispute contained, but the opening salvo two weeks ago sounded serious. Because Beijing refused to crack down on pirate manufacturers, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on $1 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...
There are signs that the players are already beginning to crack...
Employed at age 13 and fully responsible for her family finances, Capriati was just waiting to crack. And she finally...