Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Virtually unnoticed, Primakov spent four days in Washington in mid-June, meeting with Woolsey and the House and Senate intelligence committees. In several lengthy talks, Primakov and Woolsey discussed how their organizations can cooperate and share information on worldwide threats such as terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction and drug trafficking. The Russian's visit was in return for one paid to Moscow last October by Robert Gates, Woolsey's predecessor as Director of Central Intelligence, who also dropped by the Russian embassy for a drink and a chat during Primakov's stay...
...sheer vitality. There is great energy in her step; when she enters a room, she makes an immediate impact. She radiates health, and for good reason. She still rides, swims regularly and is an implacable hiker. The hikes occur at her country estate in Middleburg, Virginia, and at her spread in Sun Valley, Idaho. That's where she goes to relax (always accompanied by legions of houseguests...
...also toned down its condemnations of atrocities, obscuring the main culprit in the conflict. In recent Congressional testimony, Christopher tried to spread the blame for atrocities around...
Though banks lost most of their blue-chip corporate clients years ago to Wall Street's capital markets, they still retained another profitable part of banking: the small and mid-size business borrower. But that has changed in the past few years. The spread of computer technology and sophisticated new loan strategies slashed both the risk and cost of lending to small business owners. Soon financial giants such as Merrill Lynch and John Hancock, as well as smaller finance companies like Access Capital, went after the banks' last domain of business borrowers...
...intraparty revolt spread, top House leaders telephoned Clinton and urged him to step back from the budget battle to preserve his leverage for the joint House-Senate conference committee later this summer. It is there, they noted, that the final tax bill will be written; everything until then is mere prelude. Within hours White House officials picked up on the theme. "There's no special magic in the BTU," said a senior official. "What's important is the final product...