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Word: tradings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...land for peace," according to which Israel would agree to make territorial concessions in the Arab regions it has occupied since 1967 in return for the establishment of peaceful relations with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza as well as with neighboring Jordan. Shultz regards such a trade-off as absolutely essential to any progress in the Middle East conflict. But the Israeli leadership is bitterly divided over the issue. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who is head of the Labor Party, is amenable to the principle. But Peres' partner in Israel's national unity government, Prime Minister Yitzhak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Land for Peace? | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Dole's family seems to be an adjunct to his driving ambition. He left his first wife one day without any explanation. His second marriage, to Elizabeth Hanford, a Democrat turned Republican from North Carolina who was serving as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, seems more like a merger. He is curiously distant from his only child Robin, a daughter from his first marriage; when he arrives at a podium, he will give his wife a kiss and his daughter a handshake. Dole and his second wife, who have no children, live in his former bachelor apartment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Same Substance, Different Style | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...behind the scenes. Dukakis is not a bold politician. When colleagues pressed the Governor in 1986 to rally the public behind his compulsory seat- belt law, he balked. When attacked publicly, however, Dukakis is a dangerous opponent. Last summer staffers pressed him repeatedly to challenge Richard Gephardt's trade policies. Typically, Dukakis held back. But when Gephardt openly started to criticize him, Dukakis drew the Congressman into a debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Seals Off Emotion | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...educational system needs bolstering. But before additional federal funds are committed, the money now available should be redirected. Nearly $2 billion a year could be saved by collecting on defaulted student loans and reducing aid to those who enroll in for-profit trade schools. That money could be funneled to literacy programs in junior and senior high schools in educationally disadvantaged areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time's Proposal Yes, It Can Be Done | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...government is expected to introduce a law this spring requiring coats made from lynx, coyote, wolf, bobcat or fox to carry a label stating that the fur comes from "animals commonly caught in leg-hold traps." The British Fur Trade Association said it was not overly worried, since the law applies only to skins of wild animals and some 85% of all skins sold in Britain are farm- bred. But the B.F.T.A. complained that the move could hamper its research "into humane trapping methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Furry Furor | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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