Word: move
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Hoffman said that he hoped the club would reopen by the middle of November, he said that it was getting more difficult for local music clubs to move around Cambridge because of zoning restrictions...
Whether or not Khomeini's health is failing, Iran's sudden move confounded the widespread prediction that the hostilities would not cease until he died. In the end, precisely the opposite may prove to be true. His departure is almost certain to open a period of political turmoil in Iran, with prolonged jockeying for position by, among others, Rafsanjani and Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini's designated successor. Iranian leaders may have realized that the old man alone possessed the power to extricate Iran from the war. "It was vital for Khomeini to move now," said a U.S. intelligence analyst...
...alone, considerably more if loans that will probably not be repaid to rich gulf creditors are counted. But optimists among U.S. analysts, pointing out that Iraq was placing increasing reliance on Western markets and technology before the war, foresee what one calls an "opening to the West" and a move away from Soviet influence. Iraq is likely to challenge Syria for status among Arab states, probably successfully, but some experts believe that the Iraqis will reinforce their prospective new ties with the West by moderating their anti- Israeli stance. As for Iran's long-term future, everything depends...
...American workers to $4.55 by 1991 and then automatically peg it to 50% of the national average wage (currently $9.28). The Democratic Party platform adopted in Atlanta last week calls for a minimum that rises automatically with inflation. But lawmakers have bogged down in a debate over whether the move would help or hurt its intended beneficiaries -- the working poor...
...this month, when outraged Arabs drove a group of Israeli archaeologists from a dig along the wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews. In retaliation, Israel's National Religious Party announced plans to relocate its headquarters to mostly Arab East Jerusalem, a move certain to raise temperatures even further...