Word: yielded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...added that the yield in early applicants admitted to the Class of '82 was higher than that of normal applicants. The make-up the group Harvard accepted "did not reflect any unusual trends," Fitzsimmons said, although it appears to indicate that minority group members tend to wait until the regular January deadline to apply...
...situation," Soares told TIME'S Martha de la Cal, explaining why he had asked for a vote in an attempt to break the political stalemate. "We had to lance the festering wound." A last-minute attempt to save the government failed when Soares' Socialists refused to yield any concessions to the Communists, such as easing up on the government's reclamation of seized lands in the heavily Communist Alentejo province, in exchange for their vote...
...Saudis believe the only way the Egyptian President can bring off his gamble for peace is to get major concessions out of the Israelis or, alternatively, trigger a dramatic American move that will force Jerusalem to yield. If neither event happens, the Saudis fear Sadat will lose his credibility and with it his capacity to lead moderate forces in the Arab world. Even if he were to survive politically in Egypt after such a failure, the Saudis argue, he would no longer be a significant Arab leader. Any such collapse of Sadat would leave the Saudis in a vulnerable position...
...near by; his second wife Yolanda also has four children). He goes to his office each morning at 8:30 and leaves twelve hours later. He may take a lunch break at a nearby restaurant or run six miles-but not both on the same day. Some working sessions yield up only one typewritten page...
...There are approximately 754 million acres of forest land in the U.S. today, 75% as much as when the first colonists arrived. From new growth alone, the forests can yield enough firewood-apart from other products-to provide all the heat for 75 million homes...