Word: reasserts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coach Russ McCurdy attributed his team's powerful attack to its disappointing 5-4 overtime loss to Northeastern on Tuesday. The Wildcats were determined to reassert their prowess and took on Harvard with a vengeance...
...strike had been called by Italy's three big labor federations to protest tighter economic measures being proposed by Prime Minister Giovanni Goria's fragile five-party coalition government. But the walkout was also an attempt by the federations to reassert their muscle in the face of a series of wildcat strikes staged this fall by independent labor organizations. The COBAS (for Comitati di Base, or rank-and-file committees) have sprung up to counter the ineffectiveness of organized labor...
...efforts to promote the emigration of Soviet Jews, Israel may hold some new bargaining chips. The Soviets have recently shown an interest in re- establishing the diplomatic relations that Moscow broke off after the 1967 Six-Day War. Reason: Gorbachev is anxious to reassert Soviet influence on the Middle East peace process and realizes that will be difficult so long as Moscow has no diplomatic ties with one of the region's major players. Jerusalem has made it clear to the Soviets that progress on the matter is directly related to Moscow's future record on Jewish emigration...
...time the Bofors contract was negotiated. The Prime Minister has also been accused of protecting friends suspected of illegal foreign- currency transactions. As his prestige has plummeted, Gandhi has come under repeated assault by members of his own Congress (I) Party. Over the past month he has tried to reassert control by expelling from the party four former ministers who openly criticized him, including V.P. Singh, the driving force behind probes of corruption early in Gandhi's administration. Singh, 56, has emerged as the leader of a burgeoning opposition movement that embraces both Congress (I) Party dissidents and opposition leaders...
...frequent partner. Fair as she is dark, he is attentive, handsome and gallant. By keeping things simple and performing on a common impulse, the pair gave several performances that were more satisfying than their showier elders'. At least in the context of this tour, they seemed to reassert values that the Bolshoi would do well to remember...