Word: establishing
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...least 4:34.8 to break Hingsen's decathlon record of 8,798 points. Seemingly easing up at the end, however, Thompson trudged across the finish line in 4:35, two-tenths of a second-and two points-shy of what he needed to establish a new world mark. But he had the Olympic record, and he had won, 8,797 points to 8,673 for Hingsen...
THOUGH NO ONE likes to expand the bureaucracy, the best solution to the existing safety problems in high tech industry is to establish a new agency--one that would monitor solely computer and electronic firms. The narrow focus would enable such an agency to spend money researching the long-term effects of worker exposure to toxic chemicals. The agency could be empowered to prevent high tech companies from using potentially dangerous technology at will...
...before the National Forum on Excellence in Education late last year, called for a return of discipline to make American public schools "temples of learning, not drug dens." The Justice Department heeded that call last week. In a friend-of-the-court brief, Justice urged the Supreme Court to establish that students do not have full protection of the Fourth Amendment against warrantless searches and that school authorities may search students for drugs or any other evidence of school violations on grounds of "reasonable suspicion...
...monitoring body during the transition period and China's demand for a commission that would operate as a kind of shadow government. According to Howe, the group would include five Chinese and five British representatives; it would meet in Peking, London and Hong Kong until 1988 and then establish its principal base in Hong Kong until 2000. It would try to ease the transition from British to Chinese rule both before and after 1997, and to ensure full compliance with the agreement by both sides. The group is meant to soothe the fears of Hong Kong's residents...
...violent clashes shattered Marcos' attempt to establish an atmosphere of calm. In a conciliatory speech to the assembly, Marcos promised that martial law would not be reintroduced. Under Amendment Six to the Constitution, the President can bypass the assembly in making crucial decisions during a state of national emergency. The President pointedly warned opposition assemblymen that the country faced a threat of armed insurrection from the outlawed Communist New People's Army. For weeks, defense forces have been waging widely publicized raids on N.P.A. strongholds in the countryside, partly to create public support for the government; Marcos...