Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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British audiences will be watching Americanreaction to tonight's speech very closely because,according to an article in The Economist, someBritons fear that Kinnock's disarmament policymight prompt the U.S. to withdraw from itscommitment to defend England...
...turn of the century most or almost most American children will have lived some part of their lives in poverty," said the senator, a former Harvard government professor. This situation might prompt "the country to look up," he told the Kennedy School forum audience...
...prisoners. Said Shultz with considerable vehemence: "These two people, Zakharov and Daniloff, are in no way comparable. And we are not going to trade them off against each other." The U.S., Shultz said, still regards Daniloff as a "hostage" and "will continue to make every effort to secure his prompt departure from the Soviet Union and safe return home." That is a tall order: if there is to be no trade, the U.S. would somehow have to persuade the Soviets eventually to let Daniloff go free while Zakharov is brought to trial...
...turn of the century most or almost most American children will have lived some part of their lives in poverty," said the senator, a former Harvard government professor. This situation might prompt "the country to look up," he told the Kennedy School forum audience...
According to Soviet spokesmen, who were uncharacteristically prompt in providing details on the disaster, the ships collided at 11:15 p.m. Eight minutes later the liner sank in 155 feet of water. Many passengers managed to make it into the sea, but hundreds were trapped in crushed or flooded staterooms. As the ship slipped under, nearly 400 people went to their death in one of the worst acknowledged shipping disasters in Soviet history...