Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drawn for some nasty intraparty fights -- over personnel now and policy later. The toughest test that Bush and Baker face on the home front of their foreign policy will not be whether they are able to sit down and compromise with the Democrats but whether they are able to stand up to their fellow Republicans...
...best of them, there are more unusual reasons to praise him. His writing is so assured that he can do handkerchief tricks on the page. Just try to spot the magic. His characters, mostly country people, along with some layabout Houstoners ("We drank margaritas as often as we could stand it"), are portrayed with rare tenderness; Bass is even tolerant of his blackhearted men. The title story is the most ambitious, a frightening descent into deep Southern swamps. But a dippy little yarn called Mississippi is just as satisfying. It is about a man who loses his girl because . . . well...
...might spark a run on S & L deposits. To prepare for that dire prospect, senior White House officials and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan met in the Roosevelt Room of the White House the night before Bush's plan was made public. Greenspan agreed that the Fed would stand ready to pump billions of dollars in emergency loans into threatened thrifts...
...effort to offer investors tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31. Because of the rich payoffs guaranteed to investors in those deals, they were highly controversial. Said L. William Seidman, chairman of the FDIC: "Before we go forward, we are going to evaluate, along with the FSLIC, where we stand...
That keen self-awareness should stand her in good stead at Edgehill Newport, the 12 1/2-acre residential facility where she is expected to stay for about a month. Patients there are assigned to one of six 24-bed rehabilitation units. | Treatment, which combines medical and psychological therapy with elements from Alcoholics Anonymous, includes intense group and peer counseling designed to break down addicts' denial of their problems. Sessions with family members are also offered...