Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Berry stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first set, but Freeman rallied to cut the deficit to 3-2. Berry won three out of the next four games...
...support Li caution that the increasingly well-off coastal economies could create instability. But only the speed of the reforms is being questioned, not their necessity. Last week State Councilor Song Ping proposed recombining 14 existing ministries and commissions into ten new ones. If adopted, the proposal would cut 10,000 people, or 20%, of the State Council staff by the end of the year. The state-owned rail, oil, coal and nuclear industries would become public corporations under ministerial supervision but responsible for their own profits and losses...
...world view all but depicts South Africa as a greater threat than the Soviet Union. The candidate's formal briefing paper on "promoting real security" does not even mention in passing the need to counter Soviet mischief in the Third World. In Central America, Jackson would go far beyond cutting off funds to the contras; he would cease military assistance to the guerrilla-plagued governments of El Salvador and Guatemala because they are "waging war . . . against their own people." Not only does Jackson argue that "Western Europe should be responsible for its own conventional defense," he also appears sympathetic...
Steitz, 31, signed on with Jackson after leaving Gary Hart's sinking campaign, which he served as deputy issues director. He has helped persuade Jackson to reduce his planned 25% cut in defense spending to a more reasonable 10% and brought the candidate's revenue-raising notions more in line with congressional opinion. His principal asset is that he has an excellent rapport with Jackson. "If you want Jesse to do something," says an Eastern adviser, "it's worth telling Steitz to tell Jackson...
...academic freedom issues appear clear-cut, the deeper questions of how a professor should handle student complaints and how he should approach a potentially volatile topic are much murkier. Several of the professors interviewed say they must develop their own personal style in presenting controversial historical issues...