Word: segments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...official "exchange" segment of the trip took place in Kiev at Kiev State University. The program there consisted of discussions, formal events and touring. The format of the official roundtable dialogues was somewhat imposing. We convened around a large table, and each student was given a microphone. Topics of discussion ranged from conceptions of "The American Dream" to the issue of privileged universities and from nationalty problems to family life and personal habits. At first we were distrustful, and the Soviets undoubtedly were as well. We did not know whether these students had been been chosen because of their uncritical...
...wondered how and if the Soviet Union will change. Our reflections as we left Kiev were slanted because they were based on encounters with a specific type of Soviet citizen. Despite the students' candor, they were chosen to meet with us, and, as students, they represented an elite segment of Soviet society...
...anyone who has spent time in a hospital knows, the cost of health care in the U.S. is already at an unbelievable level, and specialists are predicting even higher medical costs in the future. At the same time, the number of elderly Americans, that segment of the population that places the greatest demand on health care facilities, is increasing steadily, and policy analysts are warning that even now the nation is faced with the heavy burden of trying to provide long-term health care for its parents and grandparents...
...second segment of the investigation will concentrate on the differences between the oil futures market and the "forward market...
Friday, 29--The 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul open without a hitch, thanks to tight security and promised political and economic reforms. ABC wins kudos for its "Up Close and Personal" segment on the country's leader Rae Tah Woo, entitled "My Brilliant Korea...