Word: depends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When I was an undergraduate, someone told me that the value of my degree in 25 years would depend on Harvard's role in the world then," says Koivumaki. "I am proud to be working here, trying to maintain the excellence we exhibit...
...talk of the whole country is the economy; the survival of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani could depend on how well he handles economic problems and the discontent they breed. No one is suggesting he could lose his re- election bid in voting scheduled for June 11, but his personal survival may be at risk. There were reports of an assassination attempt on the President last February, and full-blown riots swept three major cities last year during protests against unemployment and poor housing...
Whether adolescents become sexually active seems to depend to a large extent on peer pressure at a particular school. Some schools go so far as to ban dating, but at others "it's embarrassing if you haven't had sex, and you're under pressure to lose your virginity quickly," says Tsunetsugu Munakata, associate professor of health at Tsukuba University. "At one school I heard students would go to love hotels in their uniforms," declares Tetsuya Iizuka, 19, who lost his virginity four years ago, an experience "that made me the center of attention in high school...
...thought there might be a time between the two ceremonies and it would really just depend on working out the logistics with the General," he said. "If it could be managed he seems to me to be the type of person who would manage...
...been willing to agree to anything the Serbs, Muslims and Croats might all be pushed into accepting. That now looks like a hopeless effort, and Clinton will have to do better before he announces -- and wins support for -- the next chapter in his Bosnian policy. "The strong options depend on only one person," said a State Department official. The President does not need any more briefings or position papers. It is now a matter of his political will...