Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know, Jesse. She looked pretty decent...
While the occasional street activist will inevitably mumble something about "yankee imperialism" and "ruthless American multinationals," the vast majority of Argentines know better: namely that throughout the past 45 years, their economy, along with the Soviet Union's, has been the world's most mismanaged. In fact, Argentina has become the classic example of a nation that, simply through misguided economic policies, has virtually destroyed its once-competitive position in the world economy...
...strategically vital field of computers, no European firm is capable of competing with America's IBM or Japan's Fujitsu. "We know very well that European companies still are a long way away from having the critical mass necessary to stand up to the competition," concedes Gianni Agnelli, chairman of Italy's Fiat. Still, some success stories show that Western Europe has not been entirely eclipsed at the high-tech end of the market, where the battle for survival will be keenest. Airbus Industrie has emerged as Boeing's main competitor in the lucrative commercial aviation sector. While...
...intriguing about this book, published last May, was that its author was the official Communist Youth League committee in Mao Zedong's home province of Hunan, and that copies were circulating more than three months after the massacre in Tiananmen Square. Youth League officials in Beijing claimed not to know anything about the tract's origins, but they said the case was "under investigation." Said a Western diplomat: "The language is strongly reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution." If the booklet is genuine, he added, "it tends to confirm the view that a lot of attacks that appear to be aimed...
...education often comes down to awkward choices like lying about their own past, feigning a remorse that they do not feel, or piously ordering their children to read lips rather than re- enact deeds. More subtle messages can get lost in the adolescent fog. One 17-year-old I know well seems to misinterpret his parents' preachments about the particularly addictive nature of cocaine to mean, choose prudently from the cornucopia of other drugs available at your local high school. How much easier the burden must be for a parent who can honestly instruct his children, "Don't tell...