Word: depending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Demographically, the reason we Democrats lose is easily explicable. Most Democrats are wealthy commuters who care more about New York City's mayoral race than about who's fixing their streets. The only people who come out to vote are the "townies," local merchants and government workers who depend on local patronage for their livelihood...
...success of perestroika will depend on the Soviets, but Washington can help Gorbachev by reaching agreements to cut conventional arms and strategic nuclear arsenals. In addition, Shevardnadze in his speech last week spoke of Moscow's desire to join such Western economic institutions as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and GATT (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). Like Hungary, the Soviet Union could benefit from most-favored-nation trade status...
...most vulnerable species of all is the customer, victimized by salesmen whose bonuses depend on how many questionable securities they can unload. Retribution is the rarest commodity on Wall Street, but in Liar's Poker it makes several appearances. In 1986 the financial action begins to leave Salomon Brothers for other concerns -- and so do many of the best employees. The house that has thrived on hostile takeovers itself becomes a target. Then comes the Crash of '87, when "investors froze like deer in headlights" and hardened professionals were "helpless as they watched their beloved market...
...said, replying heatedly to a reporter's question on U.S. aid to the Contras, "Now it will depend on the Yankee Congress and the Yankee president whether these elections take place or not on February...
...government programs aimed at giving increased decision making and funding to local governments. Gandhi evidently reasoned that rejection of the popular measures provided him with a campaign issue that will overshadow a financial scandal that has plagued his government for two years. The election's outcome will probably depend on whether the disorganized opposition fields a single slate of candidates or disintegrates into splinter groups...