Word: yieldingness
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What bothered some viewers was the capriciousness of the networks' intrusions on the convention. Frequently, they interrupted speeches in mid-sentence for floor commentaries that were no less boring-or for commercials. "Everybody under stands the need for commercials," said Columnist William F. Buckley. "I mind much less yielding...
Alter a 9-5 loss to St. John's Saturday, the Crimson survived a late Maine rally Sunday morning to eliminate the Black Bears, 7-5. Senior Ron Stewart went all the way, despite yielding 14 hits. The Missourian finished his last season at Harvard at 3-3.
First Perm's highflyer had been Bunting, its handsome and articulate chairman. In a wild roller-coaster ride starting in 1968, he tried to move the conservative regional bank into the same class as the major New York institutions with a go-go policy of risky venture-capital loans...
With Iran showing no sign of yielding up the hostages, Jimmy Carter made it plain last week that he was closer than ever to taking military action. At his press conference the President icily announced his latest "nonviolent but punitive steps" and warned: "If this additional set of sanctions and...
Rather than yielding to the pleas of special interest groups to prop up badly managed and uncompetitive firms, the government usually tries to purge the economy of them as quickly and smoothly as possible. When Japan's shipbuilding industry, which accounts for fully 50% of the world's...