Word: opted
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...this is designed to make Western Europe the world's biggest economic power, equipped to meet the American and Japanese challenge. But there are huge caveats. Most important, Britain demanded a separate "opt out" clause, under which its Parliament may vote later in the decade on whether or not to adopt the ECU. Moreover, only three countries currently meet the criteria. At a time when average E.C. unemployment is nearly 10%, belt tightening to achieve the rigid goals will hardly be popular...
...that Albert Einstein, if not Marilyn Monroe, is likely to loom as large 1,000 years from now as Van Gogh. So given the choice between a little piece of Einstein for $15,000 or a work by Van Gogh for $15 million (and given $15 million), I would opt for the Einstein, spend a further $28 on socks (to give the economy a little boost) and invest the rest someplace safe...
...want a treaty that makes clear that economic union, currency union, and political union are inevitable," German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said last week. Britain stands pretty much alone in wanting to keep final power in national government, by requiring unanimity for any joint European policy and by giving nations "opt-out" clauses in major agreements...
...three a.m., I always wimp out and opt for jargon-jockeying because I think that my TF will like...
Step one is to co-opt the bastions of middle-class urbanism. There are three Gaps within a 10-block radius of Astor Place in Greenwich Village, and there are more and more as you move uptown. No longer can the city claim to be hipper than the suburbs: everyone wears Gap, and every Gap is good...