Word: respondents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sending a high-level delegation to Beijing to confer with Chinese authorities who only six months earlier had ordered the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators near Tiananmen Square, Bush knew he would stir up a hurricane of outraged protest. And for what? The slender chance that China would respond with concessions that could begin to melt the ice in U.S. relations with the world's most populous nation...
...said he is considering performances by reggae artist Ziggy Marley and local folk singer Tracy Chapman, said the committee cannot respond to concert offers quickly enough if the council has to approve every step in the negotiations...
...public may think such issues as the imminence of global warming and the danger of toxic wastes are settled, but scientists do not. Their disagreements about ecological threats make life uncomfortable for the activists, who fear that any apparent uncertainty will give policymakers an excuse for inaction. Critics respond that environmental false alarms have produced bad policy. While some naysayers are economists, industrialists and bureaucrats who view environmentalism as an irrelevant disruption of the real business of the world, others are sophisticated scientists who maintain that the U.S. should not risk its economic security to prepare for ecocatastrophes that might...
...After two years of revolt, the ancient and impoverished community has won distinction as the most dangerous turf in the occupied territories. The dense, mazelike architecture gives the Palestinians a home- court advantage, enabling the young shabab (activists) to vanish down secret passageways or disappear over rooftops. Nervous soldiers respond with trigger-happy brutality. The consequences: at least 23 residents have been killed by Israeli troops, and more than 1,000 wounded. Internecine bloodshed has claimed an additional 18 Arabs accused of collaborating with the Israelis. Israelis feel no safer. One soldier died when a concrete block was dropped...
...file members as well, the party seems to be desperately reshuffling its players in hopes of appeasing the public. Adamec must strike a careful balance between party hard-liners and the Civic Forum's relentless pressure for swift action. Last week several Communist legislators apologized for failing to respond sooner to the popular mood. Even ousted party leader Milos Jakes supported the abolition of the party's constitutional right to lead the country...