Word: suddenly
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...change of strategy was so sudden and striking that even veteran policymakers were taken aback. After stressing for months how important it was for the U.S. to stay competitive in high technology, the Bush Administration was getting ready to pull the plug on its two most widely publicized high-tech initiatives. According to reports circulating in Washington, the Administration was determined to cut not only the $10 million it had pledged for research into high-definition television, but all federal support -- including $100 million in 1991 -- for Sematech, the Reagan-era industrial consortium designed to catapult the U.S. into...
...There are these kinds of sudden bursts of activity and, sure, people are looking for some kind of specialist to say something," says Marshall I. Goldman, associate director of the Russian Research Center who is himself an oft-quoted economist...
...Tonight, Scott Gilly got us going right off the bat," Roby said. "He sticks a couple of jumpers and all of a sudden, shots are easier to make and the inside game opens up. It was the same thing in the second half, when [Co-Captain Fred] Schernecker buried the two buckets...
...divestment activists do not expect his appearance to force any immediate changes in investment policy, they at least felt vindicated by Tutu's sudden decision to attend this week's meeting...
With his country's security threatened, President Alfredo Cristiani declared a state of siege on the second day of fighting, suspending constitutional liberties and imposing strict curfews. It was not only the sudden flare-up of the long-stalemated situation that caught Salvadorans by surprise, but it was also the scope and intensity of the conflagration. Until now, the F.M.L.N. has relied primarily on the traditional hit-and-run tactics of guerrilla warfare, never winning, but never losing decisively. By taking their battle to the capital, the rebels were forced to stand their ground in a more conventional...