Word: bargaining
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...born- again moderate, a "man you can negotiate with," as De Klerk himself decided. For blacks, Mandela may be the one who, as the personification of their long suffering, can help them transcend the disagreements over strategy and allegiance that have splintered their strength, and bargain on equal terms with the whites...
...aides say centers on alcoholism. But even the tearful news conference that preceded his retreat to Hanley-Hazelden seemed calculated. The mayor, sweating profusely and looking to wife Effi for support, artfully excluded any mention of drugs. Barry's disappearance extricated him from legal wrangling over a possible plea bargain and from defense preparations that may hinge on the FBI videotape. Investigators, protesting that the tape needs enhancing, have resisted showing it to Barry's lawyer...
...target of the criticism is U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens, formerly a White House deputy counsel. His public statements hinting at a plea bargain in exchange for Barry's resignation have sparked criticism that he is an overzealous Republican prosecutor. Even controversy-shy N.A.A.C.P. Executive director Benjamin Hooks cited a "pattern of harassment of black elected officials by law-enforcement authorities...
...plan to turn it over in ten years might well be disappointed." While prices could falter if the U.S. economy runs out of steam, most investors are bullish on Early American masterpieces. "When you get a few billionaires competing," says Harold Sack, "$12 million will seem like a bargain...
...homes in the New York City area fell from $190,000 in the third quarter of 1988 to $182,600 in the same period last year. In Connecticut so many condominiums are on the block that the state is setting up a program to acquire 500 units at bargain prices and rent or sell them to low- and moderate-income families...