Word: gets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point is that the British are getting out, so there is no need to argue with them. Within six months, we will deal with our country in the way we want. We will abide by what we have agreed, but we at least want to be certain that we get something we can use. We have sacrificed sufficient lives already to push the British and the Salisbury regime to accept one man, one vote. No one ever thought they would accept this...
...here to succeed, not to fail. We've come here to negotiate, not to push other people's heads. What have we been fighting for really? For one man, one vote. I think we deserve it. We've given our lives for Zimbabwe and we must get...
...those measures could be worked out in the next few weeks, U.S. officials believe, the Syrians would then agree to bring some of their peace-keeping troops home. Explains a State Department Middle East expert: "We know that Assad, for domestic political reasons, wants to get his troops out of Lebanon. There has been a lot of grumbling in the ranks about the hopelessness of their role there. On the other hand, Assad wants to be certain of the truce's chances. He doesn't want to withdraw and find his own security jeopardized by a new civil...
...Monday their forces moved swiftly through the capital city, carrying out the plotters' plan to "behead the army" by arresting the general staff and putting 85% of the senior officers on the retirement list. Through an American diplomat, they informed Romero that he had until 3 p.m. to get out of the country. With that, the President (whose brother Jose Javier was gunned down by leftists five weeks ago) boarded a plane and fled to Guatemala...
...fired once they have received tenure. Promotions are based on seniority rather than on competition. Says Michel Crozier, a research director at C.N.R.S.: "Once you have a system where procedures as well as promotions come from conforming to the social situation, it means that it is absolutely impossible to get people to cooperate in a bold venture...