Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...miners claiming benefits. In the past, miners with 15 or more years of employment were presumed eligible. That provision is gone, and miners must prove that they are totally disabled. In the two-year period before the change, nearly half of black lung applicants were approved. Now just 4% prevail...
...other hand, Victor Lee, manager of Strawberries, said his store would prevail because it beats Tower on prices...
Among those paying no heed are the other Democratic candidates, most noisily Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, whose old-time Democratic religion is based on a "soak the rich" populism that may go down well in party primaries but isn't likely to prevail in a general election. In declaring his candidacy last week, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey spoke grandly of "investing in our nation, spurring its growth and corralling the deficit." Their reach seemed faintly reminiscent of Ronald Reagan's 1980 vow to lower taxes, boost defense and reduce the deficit -- all at the same time...
...wasn't hard to predict such divisions in a world with no single power broker and no single overriding conflict. People would begin worrying about long simmering neighborhood arguments again. People would want their own ideas to prevail within their own borders. They would stop looking with hateful, blaming gazes at the Great Satan or the Evil Empire to explain their nation's woes. People would look closer to home...
Tension nonetheless built toward a climax Tuesday night. It was obvious that the junta could no longer prevail unless it began using deadly force, starting with an armed assault on Yeltsin's White House. All afternoon and evening, loudspeakers blared warnings that tanks were rolling toward the building and 60 planes filled with paratroopers were preparing for an airborne assault. Thousands of people worked through the night building barricades to deter an attack, supplemented by human chains of unarmed protesters. At the foot of the main staircase, an organizer with a megaphone called, "All courageous men who are willing...