Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unusual display of moderation, however, he assured Arafat he would "express reservations in public, but bow to the rule of the majority," conference sources said...
Even in the frenzied world of Wall Street dealmakers, speculator Salim ("Sandy") Lewis stood out as a talkaholic with a penchant for dispensing advice and hatching colorful schemes. Last week a federal grand jury in Manhattan charged Lewis with manipulating stock in an apparent attempt to help out American Express and its chairman, James Robinson, a longtime Lewis friend...
...indictment accuses Lewis of conspiring with Los Angeles broker Boyd Jefferies in 1986 to drive up the stock price of Fireman's Fund insurance company from 37 7/8 to 38 just before American Express sold 9 million shares. While Jefferies confessed last year to violating securities laws, Lewis denies any wrongdoing. Neither Robinson nor American Express is expected to be charged. If convicted, Lewis could face up to five years in prison on each of 22 counts...
...court, she may have a hard time proving her case. Although Thompson received little more than 50 percent of all ballots cast--leaving open the possibility that nearly half of the voters intended to vote for Graham--in past elections it has been common for voters not to express a preference in local races...
Cockburn read an excerpt from his book parodying the MacNeil-Lehrer Report, in which reporters cut off speakers before they can express their opinions...