Word: impetuses
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While American history was clearly the impetus for yesterday's festivities, recent events in Eastern Europe were the dominant theme of the day. From the singing of the Polish national anthem to the frequent references to last year' dramatic upheavals, current changes in the shape of the world were never far absent...
...impetus for Middlesex's investment was its enormous paper problem, Kinsella said. Rapid development in Middlesex coupled with the changes in the tax law in 1986 greatly increased the flow of deed transactions...
More than any other single factor, it is the federal Superfund act that gave environmental law its impetus. "Some have suggested that the statute was the public works act of the 1980s for lawyers," says Tulane University law professor Robert Kuehn. The complex legislation, which created a trust fund in the billions to treat hazardous waste sites, mandates that polluters should be held responsible for the costs of cleaning up. What keeps Superfund lawyers busy is the effort to determine exactly who should be found liable. For example, should it be the firm that discharged the waste, the current property...
...impetus for the visits is the June 1991 referendum in which Puerto Ricans will vote on whether to retain commonwealth status, apply for statehood or seek independence, according to Lee Pai of the Harvard Foundation, which is co-sponsoring the program...
...Roxbury Community College established training programs for the women. Now, a year and a half later, many women have jobs in clerical and food service positions. Lowe said the P & L experience "raised the consciousness and awareness for Asian women" and that she hopes it serves as an impetus for future political involvement...