Word: falters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says USX's Roderick. "If we can rely on another five years to put virtually billions of dollars into additional modern facilities, then I think we can go back to trying to live without VRAs," he argues. Without the market stability the VRAs provide, Roderick contends, modernization would falter, bringing about "catastrophic" long-term consequences. The best solution, some experts suggest, is a compromise that would gradually wean the industry from trade barriers...
...jolt for his lagging reforms. As he explained during the Supreme Soviet that convened in November to approve the procedures, "If we do not carry out a political reform to back up the processes that are now under way in the economy, the restructuring drive will inevitably begin to falter...
...prospects for peace inside and outside Israel falter, rumors fly in Christian neighborhoods about people seeking visas to move to North and South America. Since Christians are a minority, says the Greek Catholic patriarchal vicar in Jerusalem, Archbishop Loutfi Laham, they "need stabilization and peace in order to stay here." For the moment, at least, the fears of a disappearing flock appear exaggerated, judging by estimates from Israeli sources. They show that there are 103,000 Christians in Israel, including the Jerusalem area, compared with only 67,000 in 1967. During the same period, the total number of believers...
Freshman Todd Forman's second goal of the game at the beginning of the third period put Harvard up, 5-2, but the aquamen started to falter against the Engineers...
Stickwomen Falter...