Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Japanese, Carla Hills had been a steely antagonist making a flurry of merciless demands. But last week their image of the U.S. Trade Representative took an abrupt turn. She became an unexpected defender, thanks to her sudden determination to bring a more conciliatory tone to U.S.-Japan relations. At Hills' urging, President Bush decided last week to remove Japan from a U.S. hit list of countries cited for unfair trade practices. Said Hills, whose new attitude inflamed many hawks in Congress: "Perhaps Japan had the farthest to go, but it moved farther and faster than any of our other trading...
...whittled to only four seats, the Crimson began to move out again and established what looked to be a comfortable margin for victory. Unfortunately, with 15 strokes to go in the race, sophomore Peter Morgan's blade flicked into the water and caught the crab that resulted in the sudden slow down...
...White House, however, worries about the economic consequences of forcing sudden, drastic curbs in fossil-fuel use. From the Administration's point of view, draconian action seems highly debatable so long as the scientific evidence for the greenhouse effect is sketchy. "We are not at the point where we can bet the economy," says a Sununu aide...
...must be me. Everyone around me seems to be affected by it--except me, that is. How else to explain why all of a sudden, when walking through the Yard, I see dozens of couples holding hands and cooing at one another...
Above all, I never neglected my responsibility to be accessible to students. On more than one occasion, I made special trips to Cambridge in order to confer with students beset with sudden problems or questions. I gave pointers to juniors and seniors contemplating their honors theses. I even took an extended leave of absence from my regular job in New Hampshire to concentrate on my teaching assistant duties...