Word: extended
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Problems between Japan and the U.S. extend to economic and defense fields, and these are indeed difficult issues. They have been compounded by fiscal and budgetary constraints in Japan. I think it is like traveling through Antarctic waters, where we have to avoid icebergs without damaging the ship. Both nations do function under a democratic party system, so neither of us can afford to take such a great risk that we endanger our administrations. Both the Congress and the Japanese Diet, while maintaining compassion for each other's position, should try to measure the depth of the water...
Under the terms of the constitution, Hirohito's successor will have little opportunity to extend imperial power. Meanwhile, though most of Hirohito's subjects regard him with fond bemusement, some are beginning to suggest privately that he should abdicate. But the Emperor remains steadfast. When questioned once about his long reign, His Imperial Majesty simply recited a proverb: "Not even under the heaviest snowfall will willow trees snap." -By Pico Iyer...
Alonso added that Harvard had not expected each offer to be expected, but was prepared to extend a "hell of a lot of money" to support the large number of resources each of the four would need to set up their research, and which Harvard currently don't have...
...caught in a bureaucratic snafu. In fact, Moynihan supports the bill but understands that if the Department of Education is going to do something, it should be done right--even if it takes one more month. The House of Representatives should take the Senate's lead and extend the deadline...
After the Chancellor's return to Bonn, a government spokesman announced that Andropov had admitted to a "margin of flexibility" in Moscow's negotiating position. The Soviet leader had also suggested that negotiators extend the current session of the Geneva talks beyond this week's closing date and reconvene ahead of schedule next fall...