Word: outset
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Both candidates stated clearly from the outset that the debate would maintain a respectful tenor, with no forays into character attacks...
...much an environmentalist as a conservationist?he loathes waste of any sort?baranek gets 70% of the 1,200 cu m of wood Cemex exports monthly from lands where he has aggressively pushed replanting from the outset. His partners and employees try to encourage neighbors to reduce their vulnerability to fire. But most lack the means to take effective action even if they have the will. He wonders why the government can?t settle the landless on land that is not virgin forest. ?incra dumps people in the forest and thinks they are finished with their responsibilities,? he says...
...outset of his campaign in March, Robinson, a 40 year-old black entrepreneur, portrayed his own life story as an example of the Republican ideals of hard work and self-motivation...
...From the outset of the campaign, Kostunica was forced to fight an extremely uneven and dirty battle. Milosevic's war against the independent media, which culminated in May with a violent takeover of Belgrade's only independent TV station, left Serbia in complete media darkness. As a result, Kostunica can access the voters only through a strenuous door-to-door campaign. Furthermore, Milosevic doesn't hesitate to use the police to crack down on his opponents, with arrests, kidnappings and beatings becoming a daily occurrence. Despite the dramatic escalation in political violence, Kostunica succeeded in uniting the anti-Milosevic Serbia...
...Camp David had from the outset been something of a Hail Mary maneuver, because it was always going to be a lot safer for both Arafat and Barak to return home without a deal than it would be having inked one their constituents might view as a betrayal. The Oslo Agreement had deliberately postponed the questions discussed at Camp David, and it was not for lack of trying that the negotiators there failed to reach agreement. The more chilling reality may be that no final agreement is possible yet between Israelis and Palestinians: Their competing claims on Jerusalem, as well...