Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moved on," Dawson said, "I began to fill the role that others had filled...
...amid the council's resounding approval of the measure, committee members offered conflicting stories on how the resolution was introduced, and on what role--if any--Harvard administrators played in planning the resolution...
...just to get the Recruit scandal behind him. For one thing, the Diet's opposition forces are holding hostage the nation's budget, which should have been in place April 1. They refuse to debate it until the L.D.P. agrees to allow Nakasone to testify under oath about his role in the Recruit affair. For another, Takeshita must set a date for elections to the Diet's upper house by Aug. 13, and in the poisonous atmosphere created by Recruit, the L.D.P.'s chances of winning the 54 seats it needs to retain a majority are less than certain. Finally...
These practices do not necessarily violate Japanese law. But Recruit may have overstepped legal limits -- and certainly drew attention to the pervasive role of money in Japanese politics...
Opponents of the joint project fear it will endanger American dominance of the aerospace industry. -- Exxon faces lawsuits and consumer wrath for its role in the Alaskan oil spill...