Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other sources say that Flanagan's strongest case is against Edelin, and if he fails to obtain a conviction there he will abandon his charge against the researchers...
Cambridge reaction to the impact statement was mixed, with many civic leaders withholding comment until they obtain a copy of the full report or discuss it with others...
...European business interests have been strangling the Mideast for decades--taking billions of dollars of petroleum wealth for a fraction of its value? American concern for a "fair price" did not stop the Central Intelligence Agency from helping to overthrow an Iranian government that tried to obtain one. The U.S. has also supported and encouraged the dictatorial regimes of the Arab sheikdoms. U.S. economic interests have combined with the autocratic political interests of the Arab rulers to ensure that the Mideast would remain a land of economic underdevelopment and misery for the majority of its people...
Before purchasing anything, however, you should obtain Stereo Review's annual Directory and Buying Guide, which contains summaries of features and specifications for all products, accompanied by helpful "how-to" articles. Then visit your local hi-fi dealers to listen to his equipment. Don't let your dealer demonstrate an inexpensive turntable by playing it through a $1000 Marantz amplifier and Bose speakers--insist he hook it up to other equipment in your price range...
...developing nations, preventing those same nations from developing their own industrial capacity. Through a monopoly of necessary technology and an almost exclusive hold on available funds for investment, businessmen in the industrialized nations are able to corner markets in the Third World and thus prevent local competition. To obtain funds for purchasing finished products, developing nations are forced to export natural resources which have no local enterprises to use them...