Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These programs will cost money, money that neither the government nor the ANC nor other political groups have at the moment. Does the ANC want a new South Africa to depend on revenue from foreign aid--the bane of the rest of Africa's existance? Or do they think that companies that have divested will all of a sudden be beating down their doors to reinvest in the country...
...widely regarded book on university administration released this year, Rosovsky lists a number of tips for successful academic administration: "Learn the value of being vague," "cultivate the art of asking people for money; your career may depend on the results," "never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts" and "learn to think big--especially when dollars are the measure...
Walesa, his longtime opponent and the only candidate so far to declare for the presidential elections likely to be held in December, has far less modest views of himself. But whether he will ultimately be able to shape Poland's fate any more than Jaruzelski did may depend less on his skills than on geopolitics. The Soviet bear may be hibernating, but the German eagle is soaring in an ever widening economic gyre...
...college officials said yesterday that any change in the schedule would depend on budgetary constraints...
...blame some of my embarrassment toward "Southern culture" on television's shallow, cliched view of Southern people and places. Look at shows like "The Dukes of Hazzard," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hee Haw." Even "Matlock" and "Designing Women," which at least depict intelligent characters, depend on quaint Southern accents, romanticized Southern situations and hackneyed Southern expressions for their appeal. Face it--no one expects the sophistication of "L.A. Law" south of the Mason-Dixon Line...