Word: unfold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hostility but also to make an enormous contribution to peace. It may be too early to hail a new era in Asia. But the good news is that an event that would have caused waves of concern from New Delhi to Washington only a few years ago will unfold this year in Beijing with much more reason for hope than fear...
...received generally high marks from Soviets for his handling of the disaster. He is being praised in Moscow for his fast reaction in cutting short his American trip and returning to the Soviet Union, and in keeping what appears to be a tight grip on events as they unfold. "He sent a high-level team to the region immediately and kept them there," says a senior Western diplomat in Moscow. "They showed compassion and worked with the local people. The real test will be in how well they organize the long-term reconstruction." The disaster catapulted Prime Minister Ryzhkov...
...Davies does not need spooks or disembodied souls to demonstrate that even the most mundane, realistic events can be steeped in magic. Simon Darcourt, an Anglican clergyman, a professor of Greek and the secretary of the Cornish Foundation, believes "that everybody had a personal myth," that people's lives unfold in accordance with invisible but implacable patterns. Despite his extensive education, Darcourt sees limitations in a logic used as "a means of straining out of every problem the whisperings of intuition...
...previous fiction. This time out, the setting is not a remote Polish village, the streets and cafes of Warsaw, or the expatriate haunts of Manhattan. "The story begins -- when?" This opening sentence is the Nobel laureate's typically no-nonsense way of announcing a narrative that will unfold in an indeterminate past...
...company has ambitious expansion plans. Vuitton expects to introduce new pens, watches and silk scarves in the fall, and its Givenchy- perfume subsidiary is readying a line of health-care and makeup products. Moet intends to market moderately priced sparkling wines in Spain and Australia. As such projects unfold, Moet Vuitton's enormous growth potential may provide Chevalier and Racamier just enough incentive to keep their company together...