Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their own is badly broken. President Jacques Chirac of France, who hosted a jobs summit last week of the seven rich industrial countries, called for a "third path" between the too cozy welfare state and the "precarious" U.S. labor market. Taking the American approach immediately is simply not an option. "Any political party that tried would run into a cultural wall upholding public service, entitlements, paid vacations and so forth," says Jean-Marie Chevalier, a University of Paris economics professor. "They'd be kicked...
...Administration, since Bob Dole gets applause by pillorying Boutros-Ghali as an architect of Clinton's foreign policy. The Administration does not yet have an alternative, but may try to dissuade Boutros-Ghali by threatening to exercise the U.S. veto. Who else might be in the running? A safe option would be a veteran diplomat, such as Kofi Annan of Ghana, head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, or Sadako Ogata of Japan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Another choice: South Africa's Richard Goldstone, who is stepping down as prosecutor of the U.N. war-crimes tribunal...
...house libraries are not an option for students since they close at 1 a.m. as well. Like students at Cabot and Hilles, many pour out of Lamont at the closing bell frustrated that they haven't completed enough work for the night. Dorm rooms simply aren't as accommodating to the working undergrad--a lack of privacy and an excess of noise prevent total concentration...
...council had the option of paying $7500 for the band Buffalo Tom or $8250 for Pharcyde, and council members decided Pharcyde was worth the additional expense...
Such proposals might barely slow the incentive race. "You can ask, 'Wouldn't it be better to let the free market run its course and not have governments compete against each other this way?'" says North Carolina attorney general Michael Easley. "But that's just not an option when you have 49 other states plus foreign countries using incentives." In other words, the Governor will be keeping his checkbook handy...