Word: openings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second 500 meters, the lights gained open water on the other crews. The Engineers then tried to move on Radcliffe, but the lights held their position and won the race by a comfortable length-and-a-half margin with a time...
...term glasnost means literally `voiceability'; it applies primarily to new attitudes toward freedom of the press and open expression of thought. Perestroika, on the other hand, refers to Gorbachev's plans for restructuring and democratizing the Soviet Union's economic and political system. Before our trip, the American press had filled us with ideas about these two concepts, describing grassroots democracy sprouting up in the form of private restaurants and independent businesses...
...difference between public and private attitudes was often startling. In official discussions, we noticed our Soviet counterparts were somewhat constrained and feared to speak openly--a lack of glasnost. But in personal talks at students' homes or in the local student club, words flowed easily, and students were sincere, open and critical. We spent our free time walking around the city together, talking and laughing, We intellectualized our differences while making our basic similarities known. One-on-one discussions proved that the Soviet students were candidly critical of the Soviet system as it existed, yet hopeful for change...
Predock says he talks about UFOs and "magic lines of power" mainly "to disorient myself and my colleagues so new thoughts can enter into the soup." He is open to a wider, wilder array of ideas than any of his successful peers. Predock's great accomplishment lies not just in deeply absorbing eclectic influences ranging from Italian hill towns to science-fiction movies, but also in rarely letting one idea overwhelm the rest. And his sensible, good old Americanism, counterbalances his spacier side. On old Route 66 at Albuquerque's southwest edge is the Beach, a Navajo-blanket-pattern...
Several simmering economic disputes between the U.S. and Japan came to a boil last week. In one case, the White House had threatened to impose trade sanctions against Japan if it did nothing to open up its construction business to American companies by March 30. Before the deadline arrived, though, Tokyo agreed to give U.S. companies the same chance as their Japanese competitors to bid on 14 public works projects, valued at $17 billion. But the Japanese government did not guarantee American firms any share of the construction work...