Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, it may be symbolic of the new connections between literature and Afro-American studies that Gates has just been appointed chair of Harvard's Afro-Am Visiting Committee, a position he says he will use to help Harvard emerge as a leader in the field...
...past five years, the company employees who are often either laid off or uprooted across the country by the restructuring process, and the consumers, who don't get new products at better prices, but the same products at higher prices because a hostilely-bought company has to use all available funds to pay off billions in debt rather than research and marketing. But gee, leveraged buyouts sure make money for the people who organize the deals. If all Ross Johnson's plans had worked out, he stood to make approximately $1 billion within 10 years...
Penny Duckham, a spokesperson for The Commonwealth Fund, which gave $375,000 for research and assistance to a Massachusetts program that will use local TV and radio to combat drinking and driving, says, "We are delighted with success they've been having. There are pretty horrific figures about people killed by drunk driving. To the degree we can contribute, we are going...
...peace that should not be squandered by American reluctance to come to the table. The United States, while remaining cautious, must look toward negotiations which will take us further toward a bilateral reduction of conventional forces not just in Europe, but around the world. The US could also use this as an opportunity to reduce our share of funding for NATO forces and encourage our allies to pick up more of the tab, at a time when the bill seems to be shrinking...
While Gorbachev would like us to believe "the use or threat of force no longer can or must be an instrument of foreign policy" for the Soviets, that way of thinking has simply not been reflected by Soviet actions until recently. Gorbachev's actual motive may be that he desperately needs to patch up the Soviet economy; the new policy may be an attempt to reallocate resources as much as a change in outlook. Many question whether Gorbachev will continue with his internal reforms once he gets the economy back on its feet...