Word: retreater
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After a calm morning, a rumor wafts through the exchange: Iran is about to accept a cease-fire in its gulf war with Iraq. High-tech stocks like Matsushita and Fujitsu take off. But the Japanese government cannot confirm the report, and stocks retreat. In the final hour, a wave of panic selling drives the index down by 1203.23 points, to 23,201.22. It is Tokyo's second worst one-day beating ever...
HUCTW leader Kris Rondeau said she would not comment on the UAW retreat until it has been officially announced. But organizers at HUCTW headquarters on Winthrop St. celebrated the action...
...self-described victim of Harvard Real Estate (HRE) no longer lives in Cambridge. He lived in a rent controled, Harvard-owned apartment until the University sold the place to a faculty member. Since it was then owner-occupied, the rent tripled and Tom had to retreat to Brookline. Touring the streets of his urban gallery, Tom greets HRE trucks with a faint call, "Hey there, remember...
Last week at debates in Florida and Washington, Gore stepped up his strategy of accentuating his differences, provoking his opponents to leap on him after he implied they were engaged in the "politics of retreat, complacency and doubt." Richard Gephardt accused him of "pandering to the right wing of our party." Said Paul Simon: "I don't think it helps any of us to be knifing each other." Such criticism, said Gore's campaign manager Fred Martin, is a "sign of Al's success...
...administration weighed its response to the attack, there were indications President Reagan was cancelling his scheduled weekend trip to his Camp David, Md., retreat...