Word: preparedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As Bill Clinton prepared to jet to Beijing this week, the most crucial diplomacy in Asia was taking place over the telephone wires between Tokyo and Washington. It led to a $2 billion flyer by the U.S. Treasury to support the Japanese yen, which briefly pumped up stock markets and...
While Harvard is clearly not prepared simply to halve or eliminate tuition, it seems reasonable that it can significantly improve financial aid packages without considerable financial consequences. It has been reported that Harvard's extra hours in the financial aid office this spring allowed them to woo graduating high school...
Monstrous is a word some might apply to the Earl himself, considering the revelations that emerged during his divorce trial: his serial adultery; his bullying of his wife. But Spencer is undaunted, and he's prepared to tackle all Diana conspiracy theories head-on. "I have seen no evidence that...
But last week New Jersey learned of the measure's unforeseen consequences. According to a draft study prepared for the state health department by Rutgers University, the cap boosted New Jersey's abortion rate by an estimated 240 procedures a year. This "small but nontrivial" effect seemed to prove what...
Klayman says it was his early years working on the killing-room floor of a slaughterhouse that prepared him for the life he leads now. His family owned a pork-packing plant in Philadelphia. From the age of eight, he spent summers and holidays working alongside blood-splattered hog dressers...