Word: three
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come see me," snapped Gorbachev. "I'll give you three files with thousands of such cables...
...worth at least $3 million. That value will rise substantially if he does his job well. Earlier this month, Louis-Dreyfus pledged to boost the value of the company's shares, which have traded as high as $10.70, from their current price of $4 to at least $7.85 within three years. More than another increase in its global reach, that is the kind of growth figure that Saatchi & Saatchi now badly needs...
Still, it is the classic clash of man against nature that has inspired the most interest. The journey began smoothly on July 27, when the six explorers, 36 dogs and three sleds, each loaded with nearly 450 kg (1,000 lbs.) of food and gear, left the base of the Seal Nunataks mountains and started gliding across the Antarctic Peninsula. But Antarctica's ferocity proved to be stunning. Although it is now summer there, windblown snow has produced near- zero visibility, and frozen drifts have periodically caused the heavily < laden sleds to tip over...
...mountains of corporate filings, and delays in processing applications now run well over two years. That has led to more scandal: this summer investigators discovered that a few generic-drug developers had bribed underpaid FDA employees to speed up the agency's responses to the paperwork for their products. Three FDA reviewers have already pleaded guilty, and more prosecutions are expected. "This past year has been one of the most difficult in FDA's history," said Commissioner Frank Young last week...
...mercenary standards, Robert Denard's was an illustrious career. The French soldier of fortune waged war throughout three decades in such places as the old Congo, Angola and Benin and had a hand in the overthrow of three governments in the Comoro Islands. But Denard may have finally pushed fortune too far. Involved in the assassination of Comoro President Ahmed Abdallah, Denard and his mercenary minions were running the country until late last week, when French troops called in by the Comoro interim President hastened his departure...