Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first time, included in the meet are two shorter relays--the 200 freestyle and medley relays. These will be contested in addition to those from past meets: the 400 medley, 400 freestyle and 800 freestyle relays. This change corresponds to a similar alteration in the NCAA Championship format...
...addition, the later professors retire, the shorter their life expectancy after retirement will be. So the portion of the fund used each year will increase not only because the fund itself is larger, but also because it is expected to last fewer years...
...which guarantees deposits, will be overseen by its healthier and better-staffed counterpart for the banking industry, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Banks and thrifts have traditionally had separate regulators and roles: S & Ls specialized in taking long-term savings deposits and issuing residential mortgages, while banks typically held shorter-term accounts and concentrated on making commercial loans...
...that by combining thrift and banking supervision, the Bush plan may blur the distinction between the two and eventually remove any competitive advantage the thrifts still have, principally the ability to borrow long-term funds from federal Home Loan banks. Commercial banks are restricted to taking shorter-term loans from Federal Reserve banks. Besides paying higher premiums under the Bush plan, S & L owners would be required to follow stricter accounting rules and to boost their reserve capital from 3% of assets...
...secretary said he and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed at a "very, very friendly" talk yesterday to negotiate differences over the NATO plan which would develop, produce and deploy new nuclear missiles to replace aging shorter-range rockets...