Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After last week's big win, Liberal Democratic factions huddled in round- the-clock meetings to begin preparing for the annual party convention in the fall. Takeshita, along with Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, 62, and L.D.P. Executive Board Chairman Kiichi Miyazawa, 66 -- both prominent leaders of rival L.D.P. factions -- said that they would go along in principle with a brief extension of Nakasone's reign as party president, but objected to giving him a full, two-year third term. Confronted by the Prime Minister's impressive mandate at the polls, however, they may waver. Nakasone is a talented coalition builder...
...deal with a development company that would have guaranteed the site ("political vandalism," in Wanamaker's view), the Trust sued. Late last month the sea of troubles finally ended in an out-of-court settlement and a go-ahead for the re-creation of the round, handcrafted oak theater. All's well that ends well...
...obviate the "elitism" objection, a round-robin set of debates might be organized. Although Joe Kennedy and other front-runners might balk at spending time with the less prominent candidates, they ought to welcome such debates as chances to prove their superiority--that is, if they have nothing to fear...
Tsang, who admitted to being "very nervous" at the outset of the competition, said he was pleased both with his performance and with reaching the finals. But he said he tired at the end of the second of his two final-round recital pieces, Tchaikovsky'sVariations on a Rococo Theme, and that mayhave dropped him in the final standings...
...Leverett House crew which made the trip lostits Henley bid in the first round...