Word: persistant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, doubts persist about how genuine Jaruzelski's conciliatory gestures really are. Shortly after the September amnesty, Solidarity leaders gathered in Gdansk, the birthplace of the movement,to announce the formation of a Temporary Council of Solidarity. The organization's stated aim: to propose ways of cooperating with the regime in improving the economy and advancing political freedoms. Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban denounced the organization as "yet another illegal body." In the new era of openness, Warsaw clearly does not intend to share power with anyone, particularly if his name is Walesa...
...imply that there is some danger of losing the power of communication if the "deterioration" of American English is allowed to continue. Obviously, if the majority of the people are speaking in a certain way, they will have no trouble communicating among themselves, and little difficulty understanding those who persist in speaking the "prestige" dialect. After all, who but the most obtuse English-speaking American would not understand "I don't know where...
...controllers are unhappy, but pay is not a serious grievance. A fully rated controller at a busy airport can make between $45,000 and $60,000. Even so, says Thornton, "the problems of the past persist: overwork, old equipment, high stress. A union is more necessary than ever...
Still, tensions persist. The bitterest quarrel concerns the human tide of refugees that washes through the two Berlins. Drawn by advertisements for East Germany's Interflug airline and the Soviet Union's Aeroflot, the impoverished and the war weary from Africa and the Middle East have arrived in East Berlin in droves. Most of them then hop on the elevated railway that connects East Berlin's Friedrichstrasse station with West Berlin's Zoo station. Once over the border, the newcomers take advantage of a liberal provision in West German law that guarantees asylum to political refugees. In the first...
Powers said in an interview last night that he is considering moving functions away from the Faculty Club if the workers persist with their complaints. He also said he could not rule outthe possibility that the Faculty Club might beclosed entirely...