Word: firming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Could you guys hold on a second," he said in a friendly, but firm, manner. "There's been an armed robbery...
...insulting. To suggest that I would reverse, on the basis of a poll, a position which I had spent seven months researching and debating before deciding to support, is ridiculous. In contrast to the four positions on the issue taken by the council's illustrious chair, I remained firm, once I had fully considered the issue, in my initial stance, confidant that I had correctly weighed the multitude of questions raised by ROTC. I had already scheduled a strategy meeting for the next day with other council leaders who shared my view, and no thought of abandoning a position...
...admirable effort, but the question is going to come down to state regulation versus federal regulation, and I think there's going to be a lot of debate about it," said Thomas J. Dougherty, a partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. "They're going to be in and out of court...
...company's stock to call a special meeting of the company's shabeholders. Now, approval from just 10 percent is needed--a right that was meant to ensure accountability but "has been abused lately" by some hostile raiders, said Stephen B. Kay, a partner in the brokerage firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. who served on the Dukakis commission...
...Gramm-Rudman law. But a recession could make a mockery of that rosy projection by swelling the red ink to as much as $175 billion. "Using monetary policy to slow the economy is a poor second-best solution," says David Rolley, a senior economist at the Wall Street firm of Drexel Burnham Lambert. "Cutting the budget deficit is the proper tool. But it is late...