Word: mount
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...agreement between the Sandinistas and their foremost democratic opponent, Arturo Cruz Porras, in order to allow Cruz and his backers to participate in the Nov. 4 elections, which have become an acid test of the Sandinistas' democratic intentions. Opposition forces have argued that they need more time to mount an effective campaign. Cruz and Sandinista Directorate Member Bayardo Arce Castano apparently agreed in Rio to postpone the balloting until Jan. 13. But the deal fell apart, according to some of those at the Rio gathering, when the Sandinistas refused to allow Cruz a three-day delay to consult with...
...year, it seems, a different House gets the crunch. Crowding is never anticipated; it's only compensated for the following year, when a particular House may take fewer rising sophomores in the lottery. Because the problem shifts around, there's never enough frustration in one place for students to mount a serious protest...
Until Saturday, Wilkinson was certainly not even close to the center of attention; in fact, he wasn't even a proven entity. Although he won a varsity letter last year, the Mount Vernon, Ohio native saw significant action in only two games...
...fast-action sequence worthy of Indiana Jones, Para mount and 20th Century-Fox last week played switcheroo with top executives. Paramount Chairman Barry Diller, 42, the man responsible for the studio's long string of recent successes (Indi ana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Terms of Endearment, Flashdance), is becoming chairman of 20th Century-Fox. He replaces Alan Hirschfield, 47, who will stay on as a consultant. Marvin Davis, half owner of Fox, wooed Diller by giving him part ownership of the film studio, along with salary and bonuses that will doubtlessly exceed...
...spent force, reduced to a 23% following in the latest polls. In the future, it seems likely that the more vengeful clauses of their language legislation will be revoked. I dream that some day it will be legal again for an English-language bookshop in Montreal to mount a bilingual sign on the street, just as it is now possible in Paris, another French-speaking city...