Word: relationship
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bell said he got on well politically with Graham, but added, "my reach is different from hers." He noted that his political ties in the city include a variety of civic board memberships, the vice-presidency of the Chamber of Commerce and his company's business relationship with the Community Development and School Departments...
...boldly challenging La Quina, Salinas has perhaps signaled his intention to end the cozy relationship between the P.R.I. and corrupt labor unions. The President may have won the opening skirmish, but the war is not over. "They had to do it if they want to continue the restructuring of Mexico's economy," said a private economist. "They seemed to have planned it very well, but things could still go wrong...
...fact, about the only thing that has warmed up during the Reagan years is our relationship with the Soviet Union. Though seemingly in contradiction to his early statements calling the U.S.S.R. an "evil empire," Reagan seized the opportunity Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power presented and negotiated real arms reductions with the Soviets...
...weeks ago sparked street protests by Chinese students. But charges that the foreign students were beaten and tortured surfaced in Nanjing last week, and that ugly episode was followed by further anti-African demonstrations. The outburst of racism has stirred international concern and exposed a fissure in the special relationship that China once enjoyed with African nations...
Although thousands of Africans have studied in China since 1950, the relationship has frequently been marred by the hosts' cultural prejudice. The latest round of confrontation also has a more mundane source: envy. Most of the 1,400 African students currently in the country get free tuition and room and board plus a stipend from the Chinese government. They live better and eat better than their Chinese counterparts. Says a U.S. official who is a frequent visitor to China: "There is tremendous discontent ((about foreign privilege)) among students and intellectuals...