Word: defect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...military was already upset about "losing" Eastern Europe. Now it looked as though Soviet power might be humiliated even within the borders of the U.S.S.R. Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, Gorbachev's personal military adviser, bluntly said that no setback would be more galling than "seeing our East German allies defect to NATO." Yevgeni Primakov, one of Gorbachev's closest associates on the Presidential Council, agreed in a conversation a few weeks ago: "A united Germany in NATO is something we just can't swallow...
...adoptive parents are saddled with an unforeseen defect, who should shoulder the load? Most experts put the onus on the adoptive parents. "Families, having decided to do an adoption, assume a certain risk," says Professor William Winslade of the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. "If it is an incredibly difficult burden, it seems unfair not to give parents, who have provided the benefit to society by making the adoption, some special help. But I don't think the burden should be totally given back to the state either. Parents adopt because they want the joys -- and the sorrows...
...sold his firm to a British ad agency for $76 million. Carter resigned from the organization in January, a year after learning about the investigation of his dealings. Now he faces up to four years in jail, and his former company has posted steep losses as clients defect to other firms...
...industry, could be crippled by the financial turmoil. For one thing, the exodus of experienced managers comes at a time when department- ! store retailers are under attack from catalog merchants, discounters and specialty stores. Moreover, a crunch could occur this spring if Campeau's troubles cause more suppliers to defect. Says Gillian's Levy: "All I care about now is for the situation to be resolved as soon as possible, or Federated will no longer be viable. The longer they procrastinate, the longer they go without merchandise. Then customers will start going to other stores, and Federated will lose them...