Word: disruptively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan was opposed by Han Nianlong, China's acting Foreign Minister, who warned about Vietnamese "duplicity." At week's end a vague compromise plan was adopted that called for "appropriate arrangements" to ensure that armed Cambodian factions would not be able to prevent or disrupt elections-if any should ever occur...
...networks turned down then President Jimmy Carter's request to purchase a 30-minute political ad in December 1979. ABC and NBC said it was too early in the campaign season, while CBS demurred because it feared that all his rivals would want to buy time and thus disrupt programming...
...plans have not caused nearly as much dismay in business circles as his talk of restructuring France's current trade patterns, reports TIME Correspondent William Blaylock. The new President proposes, for example, to protect French industries and reduce imports by reinforcing trade restrictions against Japan. That could ultimately disrupt relations with France's other traditional trading partners and even jeopardize its commitment to the European Community...
Although they hope their heavy publicity efforts will draw many people to Gay and Lesbian Awareness day (GLAD), organizers said yesterday they are worried violent incidents may disrupt tomorrow's activities...
...Secretary Malcolm Baldridge and Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan. The free traders lined up against them are: Weidenbaum, Budget Director David Stockman and Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. Secretary of State Alexander Haig at first did not take a position, but he eventually opposed restrictions on the grounds that they could disrupt international commerce and cause serious diplomatic repercussions...