Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rather than skilled administrators to run the government. Viet Nam's top officials are all veterans, but a good guerrilla does not necessarily make a good executive. At the province level, for example, fewer than a third of the officials have a college or vocational education. The gaps extend to the top: not one of the 15 members of the Politburo has any training in economics...
...diplomats were not sure last week if the Soviet move signaled any change in government attitudes. For their part, the Vashchenkos stubbornly demanded that eleven relatives back in Siberia also be allowed to emigrate. Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy has reassured the six that it will extend its hospitality indefinitely...
Their feathers are a funereal black, and their beady, deep red eyes stare out of bald, orange heads. Their great hooked beaks seem as fearsome as scimitars and can make mincemeat of the toughest carrion. As they soar overhead on wings that can extend more than nine feet, they look like oversize buzzards, which in fact is what they are. Yet, despite their ugliness, they have captured the fancy of animal lovers everywhere...
Fourteen students withdrew from Applied Mathematics 110. "Introduction to Computer Programming" last Monday, following the Administrative Board's unusual decision to extend the deadline for withdrawal from the course by three weeks. Jay A. Halfond, associate registrar, said yesterday...
...arose from a decision to teach the course in a more advanced computer language than had been used in the past. Nathan Goodman assistant professor of Computer Science and the head instructor of AM 110 said yesterday. He added that it was "very responsible" of the Ad Board to extend the deadline...