Word: finaling
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...There is no question that further overrides will be necessary," says Rockport treasurer Bill Parsons, who cited the last year's move as a final resort to raise essential public funds. The question, Parsons says, is whether the town's residents will keep voting to approve the overrides...
...stunned employees to hunt for scarce jobs in an already depressed Wall Street market. Drexel's layoffs, which began Friday, will add thousands more workers to the 37,000 already dismissed by investment firms in the past two years, almost 10% of Wall Street's work force. In a final bitter send-off, the firm's employees, who owned 54% of Drexel's stock, saw the value of their holdings evaporate with the bankruptcy filing...
...decade spells trying times. Mike Tyson's crown has toppled, and the Trumps have split. Oat bran is no panacea; Drexel is bankrupt. "I suspect," says editor E. Graydon Carter, 40, co-founder of Spy magazine, "that when they find red suspenders cause back problems, that will be the final nail in the yuppie coffin...
...irritate the De Klerk government, which must now be eager for negotiations to get under way. De Klerk must move quickly to convince white voters that Mandela's release holds the promise of compromise, and not greater chaos. In particular, he hopes that with Mandela's help, the final obstacles to lifting the state of emergency and releasing political prisoners can be ironed out. From there, De Klerk expects to proceed to formal negotiations on a new constitution, a strategy that could pay off handsomely -- or become a political swamp...
...have risen 28% since 1986; and inflation gallops ahead at an estimated 9%. Carlsson's plan was painful: a two-year freeze on rents, wages and prices and arbitration to prevent strikes. After several hours of heated debate, the five opposition parties united to defeat Carlsson's bill. The final vote: 190 to 153. The Prime Minister resigned immediately...