Word: easier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proffered a sudden and surprising olive branch. The wartime U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, W. Averell Harriman, met for 80 minutes with Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov and quoted him as saying that "the Soviet Union is ready and interested in searching for joint initiatives, which would make the present situation easier." There was no way of knowing whether Andropov's conciliatory tone was prompted by Williamsburg, or whether it was even genuine. Some diplomatic sources were cynical about Andropov's arms, suggesting that he was merely firing another salvo in his "peace offensive" to undercut support for the missile...
...consider bilingual education ineffective are afraid that if we say so we will lose our jobs." Lawrence Uzzell, president of Learn Inc., a Washington-based research foundation, contends that Hispanic educational activists are cynically protecting their own careers. Says Uzzell: "The more the Hispanic child grows up isolated, the easier it is for politicians to manipulate him as part of an ethnic voting bloc...
...during the '60s, but consumers did not like them because they were too hard to open. But by 1981, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared an improved aseptics packaging method for commercial use, a container with a straw attached, which made opening and drinking easier, had been developed...
Beren, however, seems content with his new outlook, on the court and off "It's much easier for me to play now because I don't get so tense." He performed well during the team's late-season charge to the NCAA's Final 16 but says he's now through with competitive tennis: "I don't have to be concerned with winning, the laurels, the honors, the specifics people get so caught up in. All I have to do is play tennis...
...Woburn, Mass, native, the tough seasons of field hockey and basketball were made easier by the camaraderie Martin found with her teammates. "The greatest part of the whole experience--whether winning or losing--has been the people I've met," she says. "They've made it all worth...