Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...carft speeches that are more likely to grab attention, Bush has hired Steve Provost, vice president of public affairs at KFC,nee Kentucky Fried Chicken. Given his connection to organizations that sleeken unwieldy phrases, Provost's work promises to yield some interesting Bushisms...
...holdings are part of the Aeneas Group, a collection of high-risk, high-yield investments administered by HMC which oversees the University's $5 billion in investments...
...there are more fundamental reasons for the decision to withdraw from the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). The A.N.C. is deeply frustrated by both the one-sided power De Klerk has wielded in the negotiations and their failure to yield tangible change...
...Taxation estimates that changing the marginal income tax rates from 15%, 28% and 31% to 16%, 30% and 33% would increase revenue by $18.3 billion in 1993 and by more than $169 billion over five years. The committee also estimates that a 12 cents additional tax on gasoline would yield $54.8 billion in five years. (It would have the added benefits of discouraging auto use and cleaning...
Wrangling over the Black Sea force has poisoned Russian-Ukrainian relations for months, with Kiev demanding at least 30% of the fleet as the foundation for a new national navy and Moscow refusing to yield. Now, following Yeltsin's announcement, a commission will be created to decide how to divide up the fleet equitably...