Word: depends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue, form a committee, gather differing views, and find a solution--as systematic, judicial or legalistic. Under Bok's almost Japanese style of confrontation-avoidance, conflicts are bureaucratized and thrown into committees where "reasonable people," one of Bok's favorite phrases make consensus decisions. "Significant changes," Bok says, "depend on taking into account the views of different groups. It is important not to have a lot of controversy," he continues, because "change only comes when you get a sense of what will command respect and at least give everybody's views an adequate hearing...
...Lebanon. Beginning in 1975, they took an active role in the Lebanese civil war. The Syrians first intervened against them, not wanting the Palestinians and the Lebanese leftists to gain too powerful a position. Though the quarrels were later patched up, the Palestinians learned that their survival would depend solely on their own efforts...
...major decrease in gown orders would cause serious financial problems for the company, Harden said yesterday, adding that the magnitude of the effect would depend on the extent of the boycott. Harden added that the boycott will not threaten the existence of the company...
...large extent, the team's success will depend on the freshmen. It's a simple question of numbers, since the Class of '83 occupies four of the top six places. With Howard Sands playing number two, Mike Turner number three, and Warren Grossman and Adam Baren playing numbers five and six, respectively, it is a young squad...
...treachery out of sheer spite." What Khomeini fears, confided a member of the clerical establishment, is that the Assembly will prove to be as destructively divided as the country has been for the past year. Says a Western diplomat: "The Assembly can be a real bedlam. A lot will depend on how Banisadr handles it." Banisadr's authority may actually increase under the new system because he will have a Cabinet of his own choosing, whereas the present, 13-member Revolutionary Council includes many of his most powerful opponents. Says a senior government official: "You cannot operate under...