Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ashe acknowledged that sometimes accurate information is difficult to obtain. "There is so much misinformation, distortion of facts," said Ashe...
...convince them that we have to give a part of the Golan to Israel? The United Nations charter prohibits the occupation of the land of other people. There is no moral, legal or political justification for the Arabs to offer their land to Israel simply to obtain Israel's agreement for peace. Otherwise, any state may feel it can swallow its neighbor...
...move into the big leagues. After a decade of rapid expansion, USAir has stalled, losing $973 million since 1989. Says George James, an airline-industry analyst: "Their situation is desperate. They have grown into an airline the size of a global carrier without global routes. If they don't obtain the British Airways deal, they will have to reduce their size back down to that of a regional commuter airline...
...Joint Committee work has been completed, and detailed in a written report. The results are reassuring. A sizable and growing number of institutions, many of them similar in size and activity to Harvard, have introduced "domestic partners" family coverage, with consistently positive results. Previously uninsured members of the community obtain coverage, the degree of participation is relatively small and predictable, and costs are not significantly affected...
Ethical or not, these tactics are perfectly legal, so long as families do not lie about assets. John Kuzmich, a high school band director in Golden, Colorado, with a Ph.D. in music, managed to obtain a computer-teaching job with lower pay in the hope that his son will qualify for more aid next year. Some families pump as much money as possible into retirement funds, whole life insurance or tax-deferred annuities, none of which are counted as assets. They lend money temporarily from savings to a family corporation. They invest in a condo near campus, which increases debt...