Word: pave
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Last fall the Snake River sockeye was added to the nation's endangered- species list, and this spring the National Marine Fisheries Service is expected to take similar action on behalf of most races of Chinook. These actions pave the way for an extensive salmon-recovery plan to be put forth by the fisheries service in September that will affect not only commercial and sport fishing throughout a four-state area but also mining, farming and other industries that depend on the river and the power it generates. "There is no better barometer of the health of the Northwest than...
...CURRENT radio ad, a man explains that his wife has figured out how to end the recession: print advertisements on stamps. This would stimulate the advertisement industry, lead to more consumption by the people reading the ads, pave the way for bigger stamps for bigger ads, and thus solve our economic woes. At some point in the radio spot, the man wonders if stamps are not supposed to be symbols of the government and if this idea might be, well, degrading...
...major shareholder in B.C.C.I. For months banking authorities and liquidators have tried to talk Zayed into donating billions of dollars to cushion the losses of depositors around the world so they might recoup 30% to 40% instead of the 10% now expected. B.C.C.I.'s agreement with the U.S. may pave the way for that bailout...
...dominated by Meles' Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, its ruling council includes representatives from 35 different parties. Last July it adopted a charter ensuring each ethnic nationality the right to self- determination. Step One -- 12 regional elections to be held by the end of the year -- will pave the way for local autonomy or even secession. Already, the Red Sea province of Eritrea has set up its own provisional government and will hold a United Nations-sponsored referendum on independence in two years...
Fundamentalist groups have reacted with cautious approval, but opponents of the bill, including educated women and lawyers, charge that it would pave the way for a militant and repressive Muslim theocracy, confine women to their homes and bring the media and the educational system under the control of Islamic clerics. The worst-case interpretation of Shari'a also favors the banning of music, dance and cinema, and the mandatory wearing of veils by women in public...