Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Such a deal that is not quite a deal could take many months to arrange. But the U.S. had better evolve a policy that goes beyond an endless intoning of - "No concessions." Whatever the fate of the hostages now held in Lebanon, the sad likelihood is that there will be other hostages in coming years to test the inventiveness of American diplomacy...
...Texas) has been paralyzed by a bloody civil war against secessionist guerrillas in the south. Since 1986, Sudan has been ineligible for loans from the International Monetary Fund because of an inability to service its $12 billion debt. In April, Prime Minister Sadiq el Mahdi's failure to deal with the country's accumulating crises brought down his second government in two years. As if all those woes were not enough, a plague of locusts is threatening to wipe out the country's meager crops of millet and sorghum...
...balance of power in the 18th century depended on the weight and professionalism of one's navy. Tuchman devotes a great deal of space and vivid prose to the subject, from ship design to armaments and tactics. Her conclusion: England's vaunted sea force was crippled by poor leadership, corruption and an inflexible manual known as Fighting Instructions, deviation from which could and did get captains court-martialed...
...Sasso helped organize Ted Kennedy's challenge against Jimmy Carter and was an effective Kennedy field director in Iowa and New Jersey. Sasso then signed on for Dukakis' 1982 comeback attempt, helping create Mike II, the newly mellowed conciliator. Notes Alan Baron, a longtime Democratic strategist: "Sasso can deal with people who really dislike Dukakis." Sasso became the Governor's chief secretary, taking time off in 1984 to manage Geraldine Ferraro's ill-starred vice-presidential campaign. In Boston he used his rapport with local officials and his ability to muster a consensus to push Dukakis' legislative agenda...
...penalties: $84 for a simple graze, $168 for a black eye, $1,428 for a broken nose, $2,940 for a fractured jaw and as much as $13,440 for a serious facial scar. Said Home Office Minister John Patten: "I am anxious that the victims get a better deal." As for the bad guys, sock...