Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Third night. "Tell me another story, Dad -- the same, but different and better...
...revival has two motives. One is that the tiny batteries needed to power quartz watches are not widely available in Third World nations, where the Swiss want to expand exports. The other is competition from an unlikely source: the Soviet Union. Clunky Soviet watches -- often made with Swiss tools bought a decade ago -- are now the rage in Europe...
...whistle-blowers did not fare as well. Two were demoted, and the third was pressured to transfer to another city. But all, they say, were harassed by some of the same higher-ups who had rushed to Santella's aid. Top IRS and Treasury Department officials dismissed the whistle-blowers' cries of harassment. But in 1987 an independent IRS "grievance examiner" concluded, in a report obtained by TIME, that their complaints were justified. Nothing was done, however, until Barnard's subcommittee began asking questions in early 1988. The whistle-blowers were reinstated in their former positions, and Santella was forced...
...problem is that the result of a negotiation might be different. We could be railroaded into something we don't want to do, which is to wipe out all nuclear weapons in Europe, the so-called third zero...
...admit it sounds fine. But, again, there is so much uncertainty about everything now that I wouldn't want to risk that kind of tied-together negotiation's running away from us to a third zero...