Word: offerred
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That position is not fixed, however. I.O.C. President Juan Antonio Samaranch, with a nod from Seoul organizers, has tendered Pyongyang a small piece of the Olympics action with an offer to have North Korea act as host to table-tennis and soccer competitions (both popular sports in Asia), as well as archery events and the 50-km bicycle race. In return Samaranch has demanded that North Korea open its heavily militarized border to the "Olympic family," including some 7,000 members of the press who are expected to attend the Games. So far, the North has refused the offer...
Bradley was under pressure to offer an alternative to the homeless after he ordered police to clear them from the sidewalks. But critics promptly termed the tent settlement a concentration camp. At best, it provides only a temporary respite for its residents. In two months the lot will be cleared for construction of a rail yard, and no one has figured out what to do with the homeless then. Undoubtedly many will drift back to the streets...
...Union of the AFL-CIO: "The bill promises relief for low-wage earners, part-time workers and taxpayers who have had to pick up the tab" for medical costs. But the bill would lay a new $20 billion-a-year burden on businesses, which currently are not required to offer health-care benefits...
...Persian Gulf would amount to the most astonishing voluntary abdication of a Western position in the postwar world. At least when the British ran out on their responsibilities in the gulf in 1971, they turned it over to an ally. But now Pell and others would like to offer the Soviets, who have been lusting for the gulf since Romanov days, a share of it. Gratis...
...earn an average of $85,000, volunteered to give up as much as 25% of their pay and pitch in some $300 million from their pension funds to help make the purchase. Flight attendants and pilots began sporting buttons that read BE UNITED/BUY UNITED. Company management scorned the offer as "grossly inadequate," but Wall Street's interest was sparked. The price of the firm's stock rose from 59 to 72 in three days...