Word: nils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...however, Dave Munson equalized on another counterattack. From that point on the pace was furious but both teams produced nil when time...
...Israeli Kurtz is the most admirable and sympathetic character in the novel, and Le Carre may not be done with him: "I've thought of him as likely to be the hero of more books, but the chances, as far as I know at the moment, are nil." George Smiley exists in a similar limbo. Says the author: "We are simply not on terms at the moment. He's hung up his boots." One of the problems, paradoxically, between Le Carre and his character is the television exposure that Smiley received in adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier...
Last spring and summer, Nitze came to believe that the chances of realizing the Administration's goal-the zero option-were close to nil. Instead, the compromise on which he and Kvitsinsky agreed called for Moscow, most significantly, to shrink the European SS-20 force from 240 to 75. In return, the U.S. and NATO would cancel the deployment of the Pershing II and cut the number of planned Tomahawk cruise-missile launchers from 116 to 75. Each SS-20 carries three warheads, while each cruise-missile launcher holds four Tomahawks. Thus, the U.S. would have been left with...
...corrupt that it should be a perfect warning to lenders. Since 1976, Zaïre's debt has been rescheduled at least five times; last year only an estimated $250 million of $946 million due in debt service was paid, and the chances of full repayment are nil...
...effort to locale troubled families in the areas they serve. The history of these children is that they will not be serviced except when they come through the courts. They won't come to anyone's attention. The history of the social services picking up these kids is nil...