Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Likud members fear that the Soviet Union has not earned the right to play a major role in such a conference, and that if it does, it will force the Israelis into an unfavorable settlement. They also fear that Peres and Labor could parlay a successful agreement into domestic electoral success in the next parliamentary elections, scheduled for September...
...real thing was scheduled for Labor Day weekend, when no elective surgery was planned. To assure that there would be enough skin to cover the anticipated 5-in. by 6-in. opening at the back of each baby's head, Plastic Surgeon Craig Dufresne had flown to Ulm in the spring and inserted small balloons under their scalp; these were gradually inflated with saline until a growth the size of a small cantaloupe protruded from the babies' skulls...
...Aquino time to reorganize her government and recapture the sense of high expectation that marked her early months on the job. But allies and opponents alike wondered whether she would move decisively enough to capitalize on the opportunity. Said Blas Ople, a member of the opposition who was a Labor Minister under Ferdinand Marcos: "This is a government that lives hand to mouth, politically and intellectually...
...second, $350,000 for the third) down to $5,000 for the last. The better to reward veterans, says the Management Council's long-standing director, Jack Donlan. The union is cynical. Says Wisconsin Senate-hopeful Ed Garvey, who broke former Raider Lineman Gene Upshaw into the job of labor leader: "In 1982 I honestly had the feeling there would never be another football strike. It was so painful for everyone. But the same voices are back. The expressions are fixed again...
Soviet Dissident Iosif Begun has had a tumultuous year. Last February, after a series of public protests, the Soviet Union's best-known refusenik was abruptly released from labor camp after serving 3 1/2 years on charges stemming from his activities as a Hebrew teacher. Last week Begun, 55, again got some good news. Soviet authorities announced that they were approving his 16-year-old request to emigrate to Israel...