Word: superably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trial will probably be deferred until the fall, said Goldstein, a super- vising attorney for Harvard's Legal Aid Bureau,who participated in the sit-in on Monday forseveral hours. He said the delay would stem fromthe request for information about Harvard's linksto Ropes and Gray that he plans to make...
Jackson's own uncertainty over what Jesse now wants is a reflection of deep rifts within his entourage. The hard-liners -- mostly black elected officials and veterans of the 1984 campaign -- are urging Jackson to criticize Dukakis harshly and fight for a ban on unelected super-delegates at future conventions. Some ideologues, led by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, even argue that Jackson should insist on the vice presidency as his due. Such a potentially divisive strategy, coupled with unrealistic demands, seems absurd to Jackson's more pragmatic supporters, many of whom are white liberals new to the cause...
...Seoul. With its growing financial clout, cable could one day bid for the rights to major events like the World Series -- though whether it could successfully take such events away from "free TV" is doubtful. "It will snow in July before you see the World Series or the Super Bowl on cable," says Herbert Granath, president of ABC's cable division. "Congress would intervene to prevent that...
...date, they see plenty of signs beyond Afghanistan that the Kremlin has adopted a slicker diplomacy. But the substance is still often flimsy and the objective is still competitive. Michael Armacost, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, has been conducting talks with Soviet officials on what he calls "super-regional" issues -- trouble spots like the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, which could ignite a clash between the superpowers. "We and the Soviets are necessary partners on some issues, like avoiding nuclear war, preventing local crises from becoming wider confrontations, and defusing regional conflicts," says Armacost...
...first time in the history of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that the group has met officially with ministers from nonmember states, in this case Angola, China, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, Malaysia and Oman. As the oil czars gathered, the petroleum industry watched and wondered: Was a new, super-OPEC forming? Just the prospect of the meeting had sent the price of West Texas intermediate, the benchmark U.S. crude, rising more than $3.50 per bbl. during the previous two months, to a peak of almost $19 before the gathering. But after conferring for six days last week, the ministers were...