Word: nationale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The greatest concession offers the republics the power to question national laws before a strengthened high court.
That clause appeared to be aimed at Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which have amended their constitutions to proclaim their right to reject national laws. The Kremlin previously said this violated the Soviet Constitution.
Prominent, national Black leaders have, unfortunately, been rare in American history. Reactions to such leaders have ranged from overt bigotry to condescending protectionism.
The richest literary material available to Hwang may be his own family. His mother's forebears moved from China to the Philippines in the 19th century and founded a trading company that at one point owned the national franchises for Coca-Cola and General Motors. "Basically," he says, "they were...
In 1974 the elder Hwang, by then a C.P.A., launched Far East National Bank, which specialized in loans to Asian immigrants and which now has four branches in California. Two years after the bank opened, he was kidnaped for ransom, then released within a few hours after the money was...