Word: implementation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have one vote; Vanuatu [in the South Pacific] has one vote. That kind of principle creates a disjunction between power and responsibility because some of the nations who have... the resources to implement decisions are not identical with those who have the power to vote to make them...
...biggest and best-known corporate invalid in America is International Harvester Co. The farm-implement and heavy-truck manufacturer has never recovered from a bitter 172-day strike that ended in 1980. Last year the company lost $393 million, and it expects to be $518 million in the red in 1982. Early this month International Harvester told its creditors that it would soon be in technical default on $4.2 billion in loans because its net worth would drop below $1 billion. Although the lenders could push the company into bankruptcy at any time, they are not expected to take that...
Nicky Sheats, chairman of the coalition, said yesterday that Vorenberg had agreed to the minority recruitment proposals in principal only, although Sheats said he had no reason to believe Vorenberg would not implement the proposals...
...plumed inhabitants--you won't see more red anywhere this side of Santa's belly--of this dumpy metropolis have little alternative to their beloved hockey team for excitement, especially after the farm implement show closes down. For one thing, the bars shut their doors at 12:30. After that you can go to sleep, or you can wait for the cows to come home...
...same officials originally intended to implement the workfare program for 40,000 people by early January, but ran into strong opposition from groups such as the Massachusetts Coalition for Basic Human Needs, an organization representing welfare recipients...