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...after that company became the target of a hostile takeover by Hilton Hotels. "Our New York television adventure can only be described as a detour," says Dow Jones spokesman Richard Tofel. "It didn't get us to where we were going." But with its large shareholders showing signs of unrest, wherever the company is going, it had better get there fast...
...right in direction, firm in conviction, steady in our steps and gradual in our approach when carrying out the reform and opening-up, and we have achieved tremendous successes. We have successfully overcome various difficulties and risks in the course of our advance without causing great social unrest. Rather, we have succeeded in greatly releasing and developing productive forces and maintained social stability and an all-round progress...
...unrehearsed, and I hope that some of you will think of a question. Can I call upon somebody in the audience here who would like to raise a question? President Jiang Zemin has said that he would like to hear, first of all, from an American, and so--[audience unrest is audible]. This is for an American audience--Yes, this woman right here. This woman--I did not recognize you, would you please sit down. I did not recognize you. I recognized this lady here. Well...-- OK, please go ahead...
After the third Harvard touchdown, an optimistic fan attempted to ebb the evident unrest of his peers...
...Thailand the crisis put an end to what an analyst calls "golf-course capitalism" and raised the specter of domestic unrest. With credit growth far exceeding the growth rate of the economy, Thais had been investing in increasingly risky assets, dozens of golf courses among them. "Capital will be more productively used," says David Roche, president of Independent Strategy in London. "The people are the same...