Word: mutuals
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...sides agreed on a compromise formula that permitted both to claim a measure of victory. Israel dropped its insistence on the word normalization and instead accepted the more neutral phrase "a framework for mutual relations," which would include "liaison, ending of hostile propaganda, the movement of goods, products and persons, and communications." All the main points on the agenda, it was agreed, would be regarded as equally important and would be discussed concurrently "in the light of their interrelationship." Israel would be able to stress "termination of the state of war," while Lebanon could emphasize "complete withdrawals...
Nakasone's choice of the South Korean way station was a deliberate signal to the Reagan Administration. Despite their strong mutual ties to the U.S., Japan and South Korea have long had only the chilliest diplomatic regard for each other. From the Korean side, the attitude is understandable: for 70 years, the country was systematically bullied by Japan's rising military might, including the outright Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910. South Korea regained its independence following World War II, but even today polls indicate that Japan is the country most hated by South Koreans, ranking...
...vital stage in our relationship." Replied Chun: "Your visit is a historic, indeed monumental, milestone in our relations." From Washington's point of view, the rapprochement has two benefits: a strengthening of ties between non-Communists on the Asian periphery and a further emphasis on mutual self-help in the region...
Investors did not have to pick the winners all by themselves. Holders of shares in 257 of the 526 mutual funds ranked by Lipper Analytical Services beat the Dow in 1982. The best record (an 81% return) was turned in by Oppenheimer Target Fund, which was also...
...Hula, fat and fiftyish, owns a small marine salvage firm in Miami. Out of nowhere, he gets a phone call from his younger half brother, Michael Cruz. They have heretofore shared only a mother and mutual indifference (Hula's father was Polish, Cruz's a Portuguese seaman). Now Cruz, a New York mobster, needs Hula's help, offers him half a million dollars and threatens to destroy his business if he refuses. Hula does not. Cruz has somehow got hold of a ton of cocaine in Colombia and transported it to the Bahamas. A boat carrying this...