Word: direness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deals a couple of weeks ago, China is dangling trade and other possible relations with Russia as a way of telling Washington that it is not the only game in town." For Russia, the meeting is part of a strategy to cultivate closer ties in Asia. "Russia is in dire economic straits and is looking at other markets for trade," FlorCruz says. "China is an attractive market. Russia has a lot to offer China in terms of aircraft, military, nuclear and satellite technology." During Yeltsin's visit, the two countries are expected to sign 14 agreements, including one setting...
...mismanagement of the Carnegie fellowships by OCS is a serious mistake and the handling of that alone points to the dire necessity of an internal review. However, the staff attacks the career service with little evidence of other mismanagement. While we believe the resources of OCS are unfairly allotted in favor of business careers, they are in general no better or worse than most job-placement offices in the nation and do not deserve unsubstantiated allegations of incompetence...
...would be prudent to figure out why. And if they turn out to be declining everywhere, better to know sooner than later. Extrapolating from Skakkebaek's admittedly controversial data, it's conceivable that the average man will be infertile within a century. Even if things are only half that dire, it would be bad news indeed for the human race...
...Olympic ladies champion Kristi Yamaguchi's pairs partner. In 1990, two years before they were to go to the Olympics, she told him she was devoting all her energy to solo competition. Galindo was upset, not so much for himself as for his father. Jess, a trucker, was in dire health at the time, and he told Rudy he was holding on to see him make the Olympic team. Says Galindo: "A half-hour after I told him [Kristi and I] had broken up, I saw him sitting there with a tear running down from his eye. That's what...
...foreign investments in Cuba in 1995. This year it will slow it but it won't stop it." After the Cuban refugee raft crisis in August 1994, it took a year before tourism to Cuba rebounded. As Cuba's economic czar, Laje is worried that a repeat will have dire financial consequences to Cuba. Until this latest flap, U.S.-Cuban relations had been in a warming trend. More than 250 U.S. delegations of businessmen, congressmen and other organizations visited Cuba last year...