Word: parented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MOVE DESIGNED TO CUT COSTS AND BOOST PROduction, Mercedes-Benz is expected to announce this week a decision to build an auto plant on American soil. Daimler-Benz, the corporate parent, has been expanding its links with the U.S., recently signing a deal to become the first German company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. By selecting the U.S. for its assembly plant, the company is placing a huge vote of confidence in American manufacturing. It is also putting its fine-tuned reputation for quality engineering on the line. The factory will produce a new four-wheel...
...example, Finnegan, 40, offers her intuition throughout her life that she would never have children. When she discovered her star chart had "Saturn moving backwards in the sky in the fifth House," which meant that she was extremely unlikely to become a parent, her belief in astrology was confirmed...
...impichment in his advisory opinion, but that did not slow down Khasbulatov. "It's absolutely clear," he insisted, "that there are grounds for initiating the impeachment process." Members of the parliament weren't all as sure. Khasbulatov settled the debate by ramming through a summons to the parliament's parent body, the 1,033-member Congress of People's Deputies, to meet on Friday to consider removing Yeltsin from office...
...imply that he sees NBC News' problems as primarily public relations and that he hopes installing an eminent journalist can diffuse them. But as acting president Browne acknowledges, many inside NBC -- plus one candidate from outside -- think the recent difficulties directly result from the staff cuts as NBC's parent company, General Electric, turned the news division from a $126 million money loser in 1988 to an anticipated $20 million profit earner this year. Browne says Wright has promised that "there will be more personnel," but to at least one candidate who declined, that commitment is not enough: "I would...
...Russian President struck back by announcing that he had signed orders opening a period of "special rule." For the next five weeks he proposed to govern by decree. No more futile attempts to compromise with the country's two legislative bodies, the Supreme Soviet, or parliament, and its parent, the Congress of People's Deputies. Yeltsin said he would not dissolve them -- yet. He would just ignore them. They could continue to meet and conduct legitimate legislative business, but if they tried to countermand his decrees, he would deem their acts invalid...