Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Americans are flocking back to Europe. -- Citicorp, Ford and ITT join the exodus from South Africa. -- The Toshiba scandal grows...
...action in the gulf that are impossible to meet. The favored technique for doing this is to demand that the United States not act alone. Where are the allies? they complain. After all, it is their oil and not ours that is flowing through the gulf. They should join us in any military action. If they don't act, why should...
...have two frigates and a destroyer in the area, which is more, proportionately, than the U.S. has. The French also have warships in the region protecting their own vessels. Shouldn't they be acting with the United States to protect American-flagged ships? The answer is that they did join the U.S. in a similar action in Lebanon four years ago and woke up one morning to find that the U.S. had "redeployed" its Marine force to the Mediterranean and left the French high and dry. They have learned that American ambivalence about the use of force abroad is such...
...News Awards. "Boy," he recalls, still wondering a little at the memory, "when the Academy announced | male vocalist of the year, you're talking about a shock. Winning in the same category with George Jones and George Strait!" Along with his armful of trophies, Randy got himself invited to join the Grand Ole Opry -- at 28 he is the youngest member ever -- and is currently burning up the interstates on tour...
...first major investors to begin sniping at management was New York City Developer Trump, who bought just under 5% of the company's stock and hinted that he might join in the pilots' takeover effort. But Trump sold his stake in the airline for a reported profit of $55 million. In the meantime, the little-known Coniston Partners had been quietly amassing shares, and suddenly emerged as Allegis' largest shareholder. Brandishing a 13% stake in the firm, the partnership announced its intentions to overthrow the Allegis board, name its own slate of directors and sell off the company piece...