Word: tend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet Union, Viet Nam, East Germany and Bulgaria. The letters, diaries and other documents also suggest that relations between the Salvadoran rebels and the Sandinistas have been strained at times, particularly in the months following the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada. The papers, said one U.S. official, "tend to confirm rather than reveal." After Reagan's troublesome week, it was at least a small victory...
...President fails to get tax reform this year, he may have an even harder time in 1986, when election-year politics can tend to send Congressmen scurrying for cover. The real support for tax reform just might have to come from the hustings. Not until Congress feels more pressure from voters to close loopholes than it does from special interests to create them will tax reform succeed. By throwing his immense prestige behind the cause, Reagan may have elevated tax reform from the empty promise of party platforms to a true litmus test for congressional candidates. Conceivably, both parties could...
...rest of the country. While 83% of U.S. thrifts are federally insured, 30 states allow at least some of their banks, thrifts or credit unions to rely on private coverage. Many institutions that are small or in a hurry to grow prefer local insurance funds because they tend to be less strict than federal regulators. Old Court, for example, was able to boast money-market accounts with interest rates of up to 11%, compared with about 8.5% offered by federally insured thrifts...
...another school. The great majority of those reasons are academic--that they haven't been able to get what they want because of a change in field, or they're looking for depth in a particular field which Harvard offers and their other school doesn't," says Fisher. "We tend to put more weight on those reasons in our admissions process than any others...
...trial is expected to last about a month. The plaintiffs say that discrimination begins with the job assignments offered to women and continues with promotions, resulting in markedly fewer eligible women than men being elevated to top positions. The suit further charges that women tend to be funneled into less prestigious consular duties (issuing passports and visas and handling problems faced by Americans abroad) while men are given more powerful political, economic or administrative posts. The department counters that the situation has been improving. Among its witnesses will be Joan Clark, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. Not expected...