Word: reaps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Gromyko might lift some of the "suspicion and hostility" that have lately poisoned U.S.-Soviet relations and "maybe convince him that the U.S. means no harm." He hardly needed to add that the chance to be seen shaking hands with Gromyko in the White House Oval Office could reap rich political dividends for himself. Such statesmanlike vignettes could only provide voters with a comforting counterpoint to his recurrent image as a diplomatic gunslinger...
...would rename the site of the Soviet embassy in Washington Andrei Sakharov Plaza. While attempts to keep pressure on the Soviets to free the ailing dissident from confinement are laudable, even the State Department saw this one as a dubious and ill-conceived political ploy. State Department Spokesman Joseph Reap said the measure, which seems to have broad congressional support, might violate international agreements on protecting the dignity of foreign missions, lead to Soviet retaliation and prove counterproductive in freeing Sakharov. Said a disgusted U.S. diplomat of Congress: "Somebody ought to go up there and put a lock on that...
Earlier this year he brought the wrath of Texas down on himself by advocating that less emphasis be placed on high school football, which is a little like telling Texans to raffle off the Alamo. By selling their 45% share of EDS, Perot and his family could reap as much as $1.3 billion...
...residual interest in Reuters as worthless, omitting mention of the stock in their wills. Sellers of papers regarded their percentage of Reuters as at most an incidental value. This week, however, Reuters for the first time will offer shares to the public, and the once disgruntled owners expect to reap a paper windfall of $1.05 billion to $1.3 billion...
...intense an environment the Management Company has become over the last few years, as more and more specialized investment work is done in-house. The few areas where Harvard uses outside managers include $230 million in venture capital and $170 million in outside investment advisory--where HMC can reap both profits and knowledge from private investors. About $70 million stays in "contrary investing"--depressed or out-of-fashion stocks which managers think have bright futures; two smaller pieces--$26 million in international securities and $16 million entrusted in a new computer trading technique--are also done on the outside...