Word: exploiter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's always been some dissatisfaction withthe U.C. among students, and officer candidatestraditionally like to exploit that," he said."It's a strategy that works...
...Sung's clock points to a great historical puzzle. Why did China, where so many things were invented, exploit its creativity so poorly? The Chinese discovered paper and movable type, yet the country was virtually illiterate until the 20th century. Gunpowder was also invented in China, yet its cannons were inferior to those made by Europeans. China's bustling cities, despite their vitality, never stimulated the intellectual ferment that in Europe led to innovation...
...coalition of environmentalists, commercial fishermen, native Alaskans and state legislators wants at least 80% of the money to be used to buy and preserve 202,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of prime fish and wildlife habitat, either by purchasing the land outright or by buying up the rights to exploit its resources. The advocates argue that since little more can be done to restore areas damaged by the spill, protecting the region's ecosystem from further harm is the next best option. Much of the land is privately held old- growth forest already marked for logging -- some of it, thanks...
...Kissinger and Nixon with transforming America's understanding of the world. Instead of seeing the U.S. as engaged in a struggle against an evil monolith, world communism, Nixon and Kissinger viewed the Soviet Union and China as traditional nations driven by competing interests; they designed U.S. foreign policy to exploit that competition in order to create a new, stable balance of power. It was, Isaacson writes, "a triumph of hard-edged realism worthy of a Metternich...
...candidate's resolve. Clinton backs the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates proposal for a single moderator, in part because it allows for more give-and- take between principals. Two weeks ago, Bush agreed to two debates before a panel of three journalists and a moderator, seeking to exploit his ability to match wits with reporters while avoiding a single moderator's power to focus on a single issue, like the economy. The Bush camp gave Clinton until last Friday to agree to its terms. The deadline passed. Both sides agree on one point: unless someone relents, the debates...