Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...palpable anger at the party leadership, the spirit of much of the week-long demonstration was exuberant, as though a long-silent nation had again found its voice. Acrobats tumbled, children sang and banged drums, and musicians from both the Central Philharmonic and a rock band performed to offer the students "spiritual uplifting." A pack of close to 200 Beijing ) motorcyclists, many of them getihu (private entrepreneurs), roared along Changan Avenue, which leads into the square, their girlfriends sitting behind them, clinging tightly...
...addition, boards of directors would be given explicit permission to consider the interests of employees, customers and communities in deciding whether to reject a takeover offer. That would help insulate directors from lawsuits by shareholders who favor selling out quickly for the highest price...
...provocations was measured and moderate, particularly in view of its 18-month-old campaign to oust him. But Noriega's departure continues to be Washington's main goal, and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft disclosed last week that the U.S. has resumed efforts to find a country willing to offer Noriega refuge. In unusually blunt language, Bush told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday that "the will of the people should not be thwarted by this man and a handful of Doberman thugs. They ought to do everything they can to get Mr. Noriega out of there." Asked...
...Secretary of State had little else to say: he promised to consult the allies about the offer, praised the short-range nuclear cut as a "good step, but a small step," and refused to countenance any kind of negotiations on short-range nuclear forces (SNF). Once again the U.S. was made to look slow and unimaginative -- and once more it might be missing a chance to reduce tensions. The failure was all the more remarkable because some of Gorbachev's ideas have relatively little military significance. His unilateral reduction of 500 short-range nuclear weapons would come to about...
...page volume packed full of figures from the mundane to the delightful. First published in 1878, the Abstract each spring sends librarians, market researchers, consultants and journalists scurrying to mine its nuggets. But the Census Bureau publication goes well beyond gee-whiz numbers. Its 1,450 tables and charts offer a fascinating window on the world. With imagination -- and strong eyes for the fine print -- a reader can use the Abstract to make at least a little sense out of the world's never-ending and confusing blizzard of information...