Word: regained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Allied terms at Versailles were harsh. France would regain Alsace and Lorraine, as well as a trusteeship over the rich coal mines of the Saar. The Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires would be chopped up into a goulash of new nations like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. A newly independent Poland acquired parts of the German industrial area of Upper Silesia, Posen and West Prussia, providing it with a corridor to the Baltic Sea. Germany alone would be disarmed, forbidden to maintain more than 100,000 troops or have any major warships, submarines, warplanes or tanks. Germany would have to admit formally...
...terrorists seemed to be shifting. The spiritual leader of Hizballah, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, modified his tough position by calling on all parties to help end the ordeal of the hostages. Explained Martin Kramer, an expert in Shi'ite affairs at Tel Aviv University: "They want to regain their dignity and pride and then proceed to negotiate...
...complicating management of the country's economy and its relations with foreign nations. It is also likely to plunge Japan into a long period of uncertainty as the country wrestles with political instability for the first time in decades. At the very least, the Liberal Democrats cannot hope to regain their majority in the upper house for at least six years. Some analysts believe the defeat may even prove salutary. Says an American official: "The voters were sending a specific message: Clean up your act, not We're through with...
...researchers the most urgent need may be to regain control of studies being conducted to test the efficacy of various AIDS drugs. Now that doctors have medications that work, they need to find what works best. But for the past several years, experimental drugs have first been available on the AIDS black market, through which patients who felt they had little to lose began their own treatment programs. The FDA, responding to intense public pressure to demonstrate both compassion and efficiency, has established a "fast track" for the approval of AIDS drugs. However, that streamlining may have permanently distorted...
...latest chapter in Japan's influence-peddling scandal came to a close last week as Foreign Minister Sousuke Uno was named Prime Minister. Uno replaces Noboru Takeshita, who resigned to save his ruling Liberal Democratic Party from further embarrassment over the scandal. Uno promised political reform and pledged to "regain the confidence of the people...