Word: swap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rejects the all-out freeze that the Palestinians have demanded and the Bush Administration would prefer, but has made plans to abolish financial incentives for building what he calls "political settlements" -- those in populated Palestinian areas that the Labor Party might one day relinquish in a land-for-peace swap...
Schmidt originally likened his swap of tenured life for Whittle's risky project to "leaping into the abyss." But after bringing Yale to the precipice with a projected $15 million deficit, a scary vantage point should seem familiar. (See related stories beginning on page...
...aide on secret intelligence material about hostage negotiations. Walsh's decision also means it is unlikely that any legal action will be taken against Donald Gregg, U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Gregg was national security adviser to George Bush, then Vice President, during the arms-for-hostages swap and has long been identified as a top target of the probe...
...recent commercial and artistic hits as Dances with Wolves and Silence of the Lambs, the studio, known for * allowing directors considerable creative freedom, was unable to support $570 million in debt and other obligations. The bankruptcy was triggered when bondholders decided to halt final negotiations on a deal to swap $285 million of debt for 70% of the motion-picture studio's stock...
...turned out, the Mets-Royals trade, just like the Seattle-San Francisco swap that sent Mitchell to the Mariners, had been in place for weeks. The star players were already set and agreed upon, but the role players--would it be Pecota or Terry Shumpert?--are what held...