Word: reines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crucial test of wills could take place this week as Solidarity delegates gather in Gdansk on Sept. 26 for the second half of their national convention. Walesa and his fellow moderates are hoping to rein in union radicals. The argument for moderation was indirectly strengthened, in fact, by Pope John Paul II's encyclical on trade unions that many observers interpreted in part as a veiled warning to Solidarity not to become too politicized (see RELIGION...
...spending their horses too early over the grueling 1½ mile distance ambled through the first three-quarters of a mile in a somnolent 1 min. 141/5 sec. By that time, Jockey George Martens, 22, had Summing snugged into the rail, running easily on the lead under a tight rein. Martens, content to rock along, peered over his shoulder repeatedly, looking for a challenge from Pleasant Colony. Finally, as the horses headed into the home stretch, Summing would wait no longer. He burst into a four-length lead. Said Martens: "He just dragged me out front." When Pleasant Colony finally...
...economy is in far from perfect health, most major banks raised the bench mark prime lending rate first from 19.5% to 20% and then to 20.5%, a mere 1% below the record set last December. The banks were reacting to ongoing U.S. Federal Reserve attempts to tighten credit and rein in the money supply, thus slowing the economy in order to restrain price increases...
...rein in dissident theologians. Chicago Psychologist (and former priest) Eugene Kennedy sums up the strategy: "He is clearly positioning the church for the next century, where its source of strength will be in Africa. He may have sacrificed the Western intellectuals in the church, but in the long run they may turn out to be unimportant...
...Celtics meet the Rockets again tomorrow night, this time in Houston; and unless Houston finds some way to rein the Boston fast break, the series--which currently stands at 3-2--will end there...