Word: loosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Young, But Not Restless: The sophomores refuse to loosen their hold on the Harvard scoring leader list, with the frontfield trio of David Kramer, Derek Mills and Nick D'Onofrio pacing the team. Kramer's tally against UMass Wednesday gives him nine goals and two assists for 20 points. Racing from behind is Mills--last year's leading scorer--with six goals and one assist (13 points) and D'Onofrio...
...Salinas is both credited and cursed for President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado's austerity program. Salinas' task will be to guide Mexico's economy from the sleepy epoch of the sombrero into the dynamic age of the superconductor. At the same time, he faces mounting demands to loosen the P.R.I.'s grip on the country's political system...
...reaction, certainly, but one with uncertain and morally perplexing consequences. Koch has just announced that on Oct. 1 the city will begin the involuntary institutionalization of the homeless mentally ill who are incapable of caring for themselves. The new "self-neglect" rule, as one city official calls it, will loosen the current requirement that the potential patient be an immediate danger to himself or others. This tough standard is common around the U.S. To be accepted in crowded mental health facilities nowadays, says Jill Halverson, a Los Angeles activist, "a homeless person has to be either killing himself in front...
Still, not all West Europeans are enthusiastic about the increasingly cozy relationship between the two Germanys. Some worry that West Germany, in its eagerness to accommodate Honecker, will gradually loosen its ties to the Atlantic Alliance and the European Community. A few West Europeans have even raised the specter of German reunification, fearing the creation of a nation that would economically overwhelm the rest of Europe. But the principal objection is that a unified Germany would be neutral. This would hopelessly weaken NATO and, in effect, allow the Soviets to dominate the Continent without ever making a military move...
Once again, Panama's strongman, General Manuel Antonio Noriega, was on the counterattack last week, mainly on the propaganda front. His targets included not only the civilian opposition that has waged a two-month struggle to loosen his grip on power but also the U.S. embassy...