Word: interpretations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Occasionally e-mail can put a strain on a romantic interchange. "It is hard sometimes because you can't always interpret certain things, like a joke, or if the person is happy or sad," says Bell...
...would be wrong to interpret it as a strictgrade distribution because there was a lot offlexibility," teaching fellow Allen Ferrell says...
...didn't pass political-reform bills by the end of the year. Such directness compares favorably with the opacity of politicians like former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, known for not completing his sentences. Says a veteran journalist: "In the past we always had to turn to a commentator to interpret the Prime Minister's statements...
...Cultural Revolution and the death of Mao Zedong, Deng consolidated his power. In 1978 he dropped Marxist orthodoxy to begin economic reforms he hoped would make China "a modern, powerful socialist country." He and his disciples insist they are creating a "socialist market economy," an oxymoron they interpret officially as "socialism with Chinese characteristics." While they cling to such slogans to bolster their positions, in practice they are producing capitalism with Chinese characteristics...
...Paso -- The motivations of drug dealers are often hard to interpret. Lately, U.S. Customs agents on the border between Texas and Mexico have seized several cocaine shipments with the name Clinton stenciled on the wrappings. Cocaine cartels usually mark their product with initials, brands or color coding. "We have no idea why they might be using the President's name," says agent Michael Lappe. "It's something we'd like to find...