Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...role of the people. Those who think that we can restructure in a month or two are naive! This has taken shape over years and will demand massive efforts and titanic labors. If we don't involve the people, nothing will come of it. All our plans depend on influencing the people...
...Soviet Union ready for the 21st century. He was a man relentlessly on the move, prodding every part of Soviet society to change. At the same time he was challenging the U.S. on many fronts with an energetic and sophisticated global diplomacy, Gorbachev often seemed determined to shape the Soviet Union to his own personal agenda by the sheer force of his willpower...
...improved economy. As it is, her presence and her free enterprise policies have already restored a little business confidence. As capital outflow has all but halted, hard-currency reserves, down to only $200 million in February, are now back to $2 billion. Yet the economy is still in desperate shape and dependent upon outside aid, especially from the U.S. In Manila, more than one in every two people does not have a full-time job, and in the countryside, four children in every five are suffering from malnutrition. Real wages are no higher than in 1972, and the economy will...
Over the next five years, the three set out to raise enough money to design, build and fly Voyager. The project took shape in Hangar 77 at Mojave Airport; the plane was put together by dedicated volunteers and a few paid workers who were determined to assemble a dream. Dick Rutan became the driving force; two years ago he bought out his brother's half interest in the plane. He is proud that the group is accomplishing its mission without one cent of Government money...
...their presence. I always do -- and at this moment more than ever." Afterward, Wiesel explained why his usual eloquence had briefly failed him. "I saw my words become visible," he said. "I had written the speech for my father; I saw him in the hall. My words had physical shape. Is it then anything to wonder about that I had difficulties speaking...