Word: yield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...involved: Italy, Egypt, Israel. To each, Washington gave the same message: American policy toward terrorism, as always, was not to give an inch. At most, the U.S. would sanction what it called "discussions" with the terrorists on the safety of the hostages. Washington urged the other governments not to yield. The U.S. pleaded with all Mediterranean nations not to permit the Achille Lauro to dock at their ports...
Sometimes accidents can result from inanimate obstacles as well. The Eliot Bridge is a perennial site for accidents, because coxes refuse to yield to each other and have trouble steering in the melee of boats. "Inexperienced coxes and inexperienced boats don't always make the turn, and they either lose time or crack up," Olrich says...
...fact, the club has proven itself so reliable that, last year, Quincy House Committee allotted $500 to invest with the club and, according to Mann, they gained "an effective annual yield of 10 percent...
Imagine a house filled with books, and then try to track down the one bearing his name. The Elements of Style should be somewhere by the desk where the letters get written. The clutter of the children's rooms ought to yield dog- eared copies of Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. The Essays and Letters are both within easy reach of the overstuffed armchair in front of the fireplace. For A Subtreasury of American Humor, the best bet is probably the bedside table in the guest room, where Aunt Mary left it a month...
Across the state, if the St. Louis Cardinals were to yield the National League's East division, they pretty much had to lose three straight games to the New York Mets, and they pretty nearly did. Cardinals Manager Whitey Herzog rearranged Ace John Tudor's date with Darth Gooden only to lock Tudor and well-bred Yalie Ron Darling into a 0-0 death grip, broken like a windowpane on an eleventh-inning Darryl Strawberry home run that, except for the stadium clock being digital, put spectators in mind of Roy Hobbs. Naturally, Gooden won the second game, his 24th...