Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Frequently, the candidates wouldn't even talk to me. One resented the fact that I was doing too much, because it made her look like she was doing nothing. Zwirn hated me at first because of an old political fight he had with my father. As a result, nothing got done...
...Democrat in Nassau County might best be defined as the politics of the down and out. We have no inspiring candidates, close to no money and almost no voter support. We are used to losing, and probably wouldn't even know what to do if we won. The result is one-party, closed-door government, running local affairs with no effective opposition...
...result, a host of non-profit, voluntary Arab organizations have been formed in recent years to provide such diverse social services as public libraries, scholarships for students, health care, assistance to the aged, day-care centers, and sports groups...
...outstanding Latin American loans, calls Sachs "a paid flack for the countries of Latin America." Wriston argues that widespread loan write-offs would prevent Latin countries from receiving new credit. At the same time, Julio Bravo, finance secretary of the Bolivian Worker's Central Union, charges that as a result of Sachs' advice, "salaries have decreased, the firing of workers has increased, and policies respond to the interests of the business sector...
...members of Ecoglasnost were later released, but the crackdown was a crude warning to Bulgarian political activists to watch their step. It was one more indication of just how nervous Eastern Europe's remaining hard-line regimes have become as a result of the year's dramatic political changes elsewhere in the bloc. The obdurate rulers in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Rumania refuse to imitate their reformist neighbors but can't help looking anxiously over their shoulder. "They are all worried about the fallout from change elsewhere," said a Western diplomat in the region. A Bulgarian proverb captures the fears: "When...