Word: regains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the match's outcome depending on doubles, Yale wasted no time in seizing the upper hand. Harvard's duo of Pe and Martha Roberts at first doubles dropped a tough first set in a tie-breaker and then failed to regain their composure, losing...
...most important factors in the men's J.V. race was a blustery wind which blew them off course, and midway through forced them to jackknife the boat across the course to regain their lane...
...style, and some do not find it all that foreign. Says Supervisor Robert Williams: "A long time ago, Americans used to be more people-oriented, the way the Japanese are. It just got lost somewhere along the way." The Sony experience in San Diego might show Americans how to regain some of their lost skills at employee relations...
Still, the U.S. should recommit itself to foreign assistance on a realistic basis so that aid will 1) regain the political support it needs in the U.S., and 2) be effective overseas. In the 1950s and '60s, U.S. aid was largely a matter of bilateral, oneway gifts. Such assistance has too often proved harmful to the LDCs: it discourages economic innovation and national self-esteem while feeding corruption and resentment on the part of the recipient. Some outright government-to-government grant assistance will still be necessary. The real emphasis, however, should now be on private-sector investment...
...internationally recognized borders while seeking to regain influence in the Arab world by contributing to a just solution of the Palestinian problem. In their public statements, leaders of the Arab world unanimously insist that there is only one solution: establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Privately, at least a few Palestinian leaders are willing to concede, albeit reluctantly, that this goal cannot be realized in the foreseeable future. No Israeli government could possibly accede to the creation of such a state, even with international safeguards for Israel's security needs...