Word: shapely
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Then commenced the extended bargaining over construction. By 1972 a compromise had taken shape. The interior decoration and finishing of each compound would be overseen by the country's own teams, but the major construction would be the responsibility of the host country. The intelligence community balked at allowing the Soviets to build the embassy's walls. But President Nixon, who was pursuing a policy of detente with Moscow, instructed the State Department to cut the deal...
That line, however, gets an immediate and sharp rebuttal inside his own shop. "If we have a trade war with Japan, we're in bad shape," says Young's partner, John Denomme, 35. "We almost totally rely on Japanese hardware to play our software. Nearly every component in home audio and video systems is manufactured in Japan. If the Japanese decided they were going to make it difficult for everybody else, they could." Denomme is far from comfortable with that situation. In fact he finds Japanese economic power "frightening." Nonetheless, he is dead set against protectionism: "What good...
DESCRIPTION: Pie chart in shape of mortar...
DESCRIPTION: Pie chart in shape of mortar...
Silber is planning to use his sabbatical to study issues such as AIDS, which he says will "inevitably shape the future of this country," The Associated Press reported. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...