Word: rebuffs
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...invest in, many women just wore their wardrobes for another season -- with perhaps a small hike at the hem. This summer very short lengths will continue to be seen. But for fall, when most women make their serious purchases, skimpy skirts seem a poor bet. In addition to the rebuff on principle, women shunned the mini for economic reasons. "Especially since the October crash, people are more cautious," says Karen Guthrie, 30, a title-insurance company manager in Los Angeles. "Now even yuppies have budgets." In a fit of fashion passion, Susan Rockford, 40, a Manhattan attorney, plunked down...
...most important moderate guerrilla faction, criticized Khalis for failing to clear his statement with other mujahedin leaders. Gailani told TIME he favored talking with Cordovez. That way, he said, "at least he will know what our position is and pass it on" to the Soviets. Gailani's rebuff of a fellow rebel may be part of the jockeying for position in a post-Soviet power structure...
...Reagan Administration began lowering expectations before Shevardnadze's arrival. After expressing perhaps too much disappointment at Gorbachev's initial rebuff, Washington shrewdly turned coy. "The point is to get substantive things done, not just to have a summit," said Shultz, noting that an agreement on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) could be signed without a full-dress meeting of the two heads of state. Still, he was not ready to slam any doors. "There is an invitation open to Mr. Gorbachev," Shultz said. "And when he is ready to accept it, we will be ready to receive him." The next...
...anti-American protests in Panama. Anytime that a country as powerful as the United States attacks a small country like Panama, it receives a rebuff not only from Latin American people but also from Americans with good sense. We are a real democracy. Our parliament is composed of blacks, Indians, whites and mixed races. This is Panama. You have to live here to understand it and not to slander...
...move came on the heels of a Justice Department plea to the same body, urging a rebuff of Greyhound Lines's request that it be allowed to begin operating ailing Trailways immediately rather than wait for formal approval of a merger between the firms. Justice argued that allowing Greyhound to run Trailways before the ICC has studied the proposed merger would blur the companies' respective identities and make it difficult to restore competition should the merger be turned down. At week's end the ICC gave Greyhound temporary permission to operate Trailways after Justice changed its mind. The reasoning...