Word: status
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...growing number of ordinary Hungarians, one-third of whom have relatives in Transylvania, called for more decisive action. With the approval of reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev, Budapest endorsed vitriolic attacks on the Ceausescu regime in the semi-official press. In January the Hungarian government legalized the status of the refugees already spilling across the border; two months later parliament voted $6 million to pay for resettlement programs in cooperation with church groups and the Hungarian Red Cross...
...conflicting emotions over their proper place in the sun. A new nationalism is bubbling up through the country that has little to do with old dreams of imperial conquest. Rather it is based on a pride in Japan's achievements and a desire for other nations to recognize its status. At the same time, the Japanese are sometimes seen by outsiders as lacking clear goals for their country or any abiding sense of how to put their wealth and power to use. "There must be some ideal that we have that would appeal to mankind," says Hideaki Kase, a former...
...LaFalce, a New York Democrat, is set to introduce the Women's Business Ownership bill, which will include the recommendations in his committee's report. Among other things, the bill would require the Federal Reserve to limit the circumstances under which bankers could question women entrepreneurs about their marital status. When banks turn down commercial-loan applicants, the institutions would be required to notify the companies of their right to obtain in writing the bank's reasons for doing...
...that demand will benefit the Starship and the Avanti is uncertain. The manufacturers still have to demonstrate that their performance claims are valid. Moreover, some executives may not like the idea of entrusting their lives to such novel and unusual designs. Ogrodzinski, for one, thinks they will. "Looks and status have always been a selling point in corporate aircraft," he says. "There is a certain prestige in owning the latest design...
...Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, has repeatedly insisted that his countrymen be granted full independence by their Chinese overlords. Last week he offered a more modest proposal. At a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Dalai Lama suggested that Tibet be granted the status of "association" with China...