Word: larger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this collection produces a sameness. The reader begins to wonder, Doesn't Minot know anyone who is married, or older than thirtysomething? Doesn't she ever look beyond these modish urban lofts and restaurants? Henry Kissinger once remarked of Singaporean statesman Lee Kuan Yew that he needed a larger country for his talents. Minot, a writer to watch, needs a larger subject...
...Some may object that the association I am proposing will have primarily moral force," Bhutto said. "I acknowledge this, but I would urge that morality has a larger power in international relations than commonly recognized...
...over with a hammer. I asked the children to get up and turn the set off. That's all I'd ever been told to do: If you don't like what's on television, turn it off. Then I realized that I'm a part of a whole, larger social group, and what goes on in society, especially in the television industry, is going to affect me and my family and my children -- they were small at that point. And I then realized that I should try to do something about this...
...arrangement would give Warner stockholders a premium, reflecting the fact that in effect Time was acquiring a slightly larger company with many more outstanding shares, but would leave Time's stockholders with only the prospect that their stock would appreciate over the long run. Moreover, the process of getting Government approval and working out legal details required a 3 1/2-month gap between the announcement and the stockholders' vote on the deal, which left enough time for a hostile bidder to marshal his forces...
...though everyone, whatever his assigned role, understood the larger meaning of the drama. Something is happening in the Communist world, a revolt against the system. From the Baltic to the China Sea, people are straining against the confines of Communism, demanding a greater share in the world's riches and a fair share in their own governance...