Word: offing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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11. "Curiously, it was in a jail that the year's end found the...man whose mark on world history will undoubtedly loom largest of all."
12. "[This] was a year of blood and strength. The man whose name means steel in Russian, whose few words of English include the American expression 'tough guy,' was the man of [the year]."
13. "He emerged as a tough, determined world leader. Finally seizing firm control of his office, he was willing to break sharply with tradition in his privately expressed desire 'to make a difference' in his time."
14. "The firm that [he] built has survived in one of the most tumultuous industries in history, emerging to become one of the most powerful companies of our age."
15. "When he talks, it is not only to his flock of nearly a billion; he expects the world to listen. And the flock and the world listen, not always liking what they hear."