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...even if the companies prevail on the accounting standard, victory is unlikely to bring them any lasting peace. In an era of massive and painful corporate downsizing, richly paid executives are out of step with the times. And while they may win a battle or two, it is almost certain that they will have to settle for something less than the grand lucre that came their way in the days of Reagan and Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Back Executive Pay | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

Jackson stressed the importance of including all people in this "coalition" so that cultural diversity can prevail over the Nazis' "cultural cleansing...

Author: By Daria E. Lidsky, | Title: Blacks, Jews Share History and Hopes | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

...concluding his talk, Jackson said hope should prevail over fear, and negotiation should prevail over confrontation in Black-Jewish relations...

Author: By Daria E. Lidsky, | Title: Blacks, Jews Share History and Hopes | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

...Part of the pleasure of reading Highsmith comes from her evocative descriptions of place, whether small French villages or Tangier or London. Even so, they are but momentary diversions from the sense of foreboding and the most terrifying question of all: Why do we hope the psychopathic Ripley will prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Dec. 14, 1992 | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...Washington, "and the number of people we were reaching was going down." While there is no scale on which to calculate how much suffering is enough to justify unleashing the nation's armed forces, Somalia's horror pushed Bush out of his usual caution into a determination to prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking on the Thugs in Somalia | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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