Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with the American League season less than two weeks old, the Milwaukee Brewers wish Burks had stayed in Florida a little longer...
...general, and Palestinians in particular. Simply because we bring attention to Israel's political and human rights violations in the occupied territories does not mean we merit the titles of extremists, anti-Americans sensationalists, or hate-filled people. We are concerned human beings with legitimate grievances which we wish to express, just as Hillel expresses concern over Soviet Jewry, just as the South African Solidarity Committee expresses concern about apartheid...
Negotiators talked with the hijackers for 20 minutes late Monday and Cypriot government spokesman Akis Fantis said, "There was an important contact right now, and by tomorrow morning we shall know the result that we would hope to be what we wish to have...
...isolation of the "Wish-Fulfilling Gem" and his mountain kingdom was shattered as the Chinese attacked from eight different directions. Suddenly the teenage ruler was obliged to take a crash course in statesmanship, traveling to Beijing to negotiate with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong. Finally, in March 1959, when a bloody confrontation seemed imminent as 30,000 steadfast Tibetans rose up against Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama slipped out of his summer palace dressed as a humble soldier and set off across the highest mountains on earth. Two weeks later, suffering from dysentery and on the back...
...three researchers will investigate the problem faced by foreign countries that wish to invest in the oil market. Since oil is always bought and sold in dollars, foreign countries must second-guess both exchange rate fluctuations and the oil market itself, Dominguez said...