Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When do we want it?" he continued. The crowd answered "Now!" as it marched in circles, carrying signs...
Without overwhelming support from the House Committee, Kirkland House Masters say they are not yet ready to endorse universal access because they want to be sure that no students will feel uncomfortable with increased accessibility into the House...
...with migraines, from exorbitant government licenses and taxes to graft. And for those who have no access to dollars, despair--and resentment--is rising. At the same time, Cubans are worried that turning capitalist too quickly could invite the kind of abuses that have devastated Russia's economy. "We want the embargo to end," says a high-ranking Cuban official, "but we're afraid of it happening." The big difference now is that, increasingly, Americans no longer...
Castro is betting that a serious antiembargo movement is afoot--and, for once, he's right. The SmithKline deal marks "a significant moment for U.S. companies who want opportunities in Cuba," says John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council in New York. It also reflects the sentiment of U.S. politicians and business leaders--not to mention lovers of Cuba's famed cigars--who are mounting a campaign to dismantle Washington's economic sanctions against Cuba. They're convinced that the embargo will never make Castro cry uncle, a point he will drive home this week...
...calls his empire an Internet zaibatsu. It is a reference to the pre-World War II forerunners of a corporate form better known as keiretsu, those vertically integrated manufacturing and trading cartels that gave Japan Inc. its fearsome reputation in the 1980s. Son doesn't want to own his companies outright, or to run them. He aims to gain implicit control with a 20%-to-30% stake in each and to build a web of mutual cross-investments with sales, marketing and supply ties. "I want us to be No. 1 in every area," says Son. In five years...