Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sold to Syria at least one squadron of MiG-29s, the Soviet equivalent of Israel's American-made F-16 jet fighters, but refuses to supply Damascus with sophisticated SS-23 land missiles. The disclosure that Israel possesses a comparable weapon has forced Gorbachev to denounce the missile in order to curry favor with Arab nations...
Besides, like any clever agent, Bond could adapt to the Zeitgeist. With an eye toward detente, he found villains in rogue warriors, not cold warriors. Indeed, in A View to a Kill, "Comrade Bond" is awarded the Order of Lenin. One of these days, he might even get a citation from Ms. magazine. The male chauvinist piggy is still susceptible to European beauties of no fixed abode or accent, but now he relies on their intelligence and independence. They can fight manfully; he can fall in love...
...more to obscure than illuminate. For if Markey were to have won, what would have been signified? Very little. Questions of local autonomy are irrelevant in issues which are essentially national in import. Decisions about zoning are one thing. Those about racism or nuclear energy are of a different order. The states rights defense cheapens public debate by reducing issues of the utmost conscience to arguments of jurisdiction and power which by nature ignore what is right or moral...
Consalvo said that the tuition reimbursement program was an important one for municipal employees and that "most progressive firms have them." The program is designed to provide city employees with a better background in their field in order to improve job performance...
...Trade and the International Monetary Fund. The question is whether they are willing to make the substantial accommodations involved. Says Peter Peterson, former Commerce Secretary under Richard Nixon and now chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations: "For GATT, this would mean having market prices for commodities in order to prevent unfair dumping practices. For the IMF, this would mean, among other things, being open about the size of their gold reserves...