Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision to appoint a popular two-term governor as director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) is part of a calculated effort to encourage students to consider careers running for elective office rather than those involved in behind-the scenes politicking...
After the student members of the group took a course last term that focused on low-intensity war Zones, or those "of ethnic conflict, of rebellion at the government, of terrorism," they decided to travel to Nicaragua, said David E. Bell, chairman of the of the Department of population Sciences...
...student representative checked himself into University Health Services after serving one term on the CRR, citing psychiatric trauma due to ostracization from his peers...
Hair-raising, unpredictable, frighteningly volatile -- just about every scary term imaginable was being used last week to describe the outlandish behavior of the stock market. Friday was the day to beat all days, the wildest and woolliest in the market's history. First the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks zoomed up 64 points in the space of five hours of trading, to a high of 2210. Then, just as suddenly, the Dow nose-dived, swinging down an amazing 115 points in 71 minutes. At times there literally were no buyers on the trading floor of the New York...
...face a major political test: a Feb. 2 plebiscite on a new constitution, drafted by her government. If the basic law, which would supplant the Marcos constitution of 1973, wins the voters' approval, it will not only confirm Aquino in the presidency for a full six-year term but will be widely viewed as an indicator of her popularity and legitimacy. Critics on the left complain the proposed constitution does not address the problems of the poor, while rightists assert that Aquino is not empowered to void the old constitution...