Word: depending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hawke's prospects as Prime Minister now depend upon his ability to raise the money for his program, while containing inflation and conciliating his former colleagues in Australia's strike-prone unions. He has already conferred with labor leaders and produced a 37-page policy statement linking wage increases to rises in the cost of living. He further plans to combat divisiveness by holding a national summit in which government, union leaders and employers will discuss Australia's fiscal problems...
...hunt demands both resilience and resourcefulness. Says Michael Grady, a Brighton, Mass., pediatrician who owns about 800 signed covers: "I pursue autographs the way reporters go after stories." When Columnist Drew Pearson (1948) turned him down, Grady reminded him that journalists themselves depend on perseverance. Pearson signed. Arthur Kaminsky, a New York City attorney with 750 covers, addressed one unsuccessful request to "Ayatullah Khomeini, Tehran, Iran...
...tenants' rights organizer: "The Greens have trouble enough trying to find out what their supporters want, let alone having to deal with questions like how they will vote on unemployment programs." If the Greens fail to win 5% of the vote, their future as a political force will depend on whether Vogel's Social Democrats maintain their leftward drift. In short, the Greens will disturb the West German political scene as long as there is room on the left for a new generation of skeptical citizens with a dim sense of the past and a hazy vision...
...playoffs will probable depend on how we do Saturday against Princeton," said Dooley, referring to his team's regular season finale. "If we win that, we'll have a good shot. It all comes down to that...
Three columns were to have crossed the Delaware River. Only Washington made it across. The powder of his troops was soaked by a freezing rain, so they could not fire their arms. They had to depend on bayonets several times during the night. Washington's officers pleaded with him to call off the attack. The story goes that he stood on an old beehive in a muddy New Jersey field and turned aside every entreaty. The battle of Trenton was won by the determination of one man, but certainly not by his military expertise. Would he have done what...