Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Given the fact that you had a ballot question which generates a lot of controversy and will affect many people, and given the fact that you have three empty seats--that opens a lot of things up," said Sturges, who is a former election commissioner...
...things, but in your practice and your preparation, you really have to take a guess at what will be the formation of the day," said Rosenberg, who has lost five of six games to Restic's Harvard squads. "Usually, the different formations that they come out with in a given game takes you out of your defensive plan...
...points to a contract extension given last February to City Manager Robert W. Healy, which contains a controversial "buyout" clause requiring the city to pay Healy through 1994 even if he cannot serve as manager...
...Rent Control restrictions under the foregoing Sections) shall be allocated by the City for (a) rent subsidies for tenants in existing rental housing, and (b) the production of new rental housing. The benefits allocated under this Section shall be distributed to applicants based upon demonstrated financial need, with preference given to long-time-resident, elderly or homeless citizens of the city of Cambridge, of low or moderate income...
...arrangements. Budapest, in particular, nurtures hopes of eventually joining the European Community. That remains years away, but a halfway step might be membership in the European Free Trade Association, which has special tariff agreements with the European Community. Such moves would come at the expense of traditional Comecon commitments. Given the glue that binds Eastern Europe -- including everything from heavily subsidized Soviet energy supplies and raw materials to inefficient plants unable to compete in world markets -- the dissolution of Comecon is certain to be a slow, clumsy affair...