Word: unlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear that [HSA] couldn't continue to survive unless it turned a modest surplus," Howe says, adding that board members had decided that HSA needed "stronger central control, but hopefully not overbearing central control." Howe has served on the Board of Directors since...
Although Congress could override president's veto if his demands were unfair, it is unlikely that two-thirds of Congress would be willing to vote for a package that appeared wasteful unless they could justify all of the expenditures. Threatened with a shut-down of the government because no funds had been appropriated, Congress would have to pass the bill the president wanted...
...received little help from Plenca, who refused to share the document with the panel. Plenca questions the panel's methods, declaring, "They spent two hours a day for two days in the archives in Belgrade. How can that be compared to my investigations of 40 years?" True enough. But unless impartial experts are permitted to examine the telegram and other evidence thoroughly, his charges against Waldheim will remain clouded...
Nunn's tentative endorsement. Georgia Senator Sam Nunn has decided to endorse fellow Southerner Albert Gore right after the Iowa caucuses -- unless Richard Gephardt wins that contest. In that event, Nunn will wait and watch for a while. Gephardt, who is from Missouri, has support among moderates in the South and could be Gore's greatest rival on Super Tuesday...
Just as unstuffy is Icahn's partner, Alfred Kingsley, a burly analytical wizard whose tiny office is buried in financial documents. "I know exactly where everything is -- unless somebody moves the paper. Then there'll be a crisis." Somehow Icahn's operation remains efficient despite the increasingly complicated latticework of his investments. Icahn raises money through an array of partnerships bearing such names as Aero Limited, Crane, Pelican and Condor. He changes the titles frequently so that his competitors cannot easily follow his activities in the market. To play, new investors must kick in a minimum of $100 million...