Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...private. Even those who know him well shake their head and say, "Ask Fidel," when questioned about his mood these days. Ricardo Alarcon, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and an intimate of the Comandante's, insists that he is "very happy," but that seemed to refer mainly to his "victory" in the Jan. 11 National Assembly elections, where only one candidate designated by the party could run for each seat...
...bloodbath is just the latest instance of what sometimes appears to be the virtual collapse of public security in the country. From the slums of Tijuana to the hilltop mansions of Mexico City, a rising wave of violent crime, kidnappings and human- rights atrocities has gripped the nation. Many refer to it as the "Colombianization" of the country, a reference to the even scarier levels of violence inspired by drug mafias and paramilitary gangs in that South American nation. "We're approaching a state of jungle law," says Guillermo Fernandez, 23, a Mexico City marketing executive who says...
Patients have reported satisfaction with the administration of anonymous testing, giving the service an average of 4.87 points on a scale of one to five and 98.3 per cent said they would refer someone to UHS for anonymous testing...
...worries. The Federal Trade Commission launched a second probe of Intel this fall. Though the firm has escaped with a clean bill of health in the past, its dominant market share may look like a fat bull's-eye to trustbusters. Intel's close relationship with Microsoft--tech insiders refer to a WinTel duopoly--does seem to make competition more difficult. Grove, for one, isn't slowing any plans because of the government. "We're very careful," he says, "and clean...
...going to begin by telling you folks in the rest of the country simply that, according to a story in the New York Times by Monique P. Yazigi, apartments in so-called A+ buildings on Fifth Avenue are now selling for what real estate brokers have come to refer to as the "teen millions." No, that's not for the apartment building; that's for an apartment...