Word: fullness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...proposed that the Soviet Union be granted "special association" status in the IMF and the World Bank. Those organizations would help integrate the U.S.S.R. into the world economy by dispatching experts on the banking system, stock markets, currency exchange, transportation and energy. Eventually the Soviets could be eligible for full membership in the international bodies...
...With police locking Gotti up "every 10 to 12 months," protested Cutler, he was serving a life term "on the installment plan" even though he had not been convicted. The vendetta complaint was an exaggeration. But Assistant U.S. Attorney John Gleeson, who will prosecute the case, has been working full-time for five years to get Gotti...
...Americans wait for their presents in the desert. They come addressed to Operation Desert Shield, APO New York, 09848-0006. They are parcels of home shipped into a zone that is nearly as alien and inhospitable as space -- temperatures unnatural, planet sand-colored to the horizon, days blinding, nights full of stars. Home, built around the cave and fire pit, belongs to a more Teutonic, cold-weather scheme of things...
...helped the President light the White House tree and in a short speech noted the curious intermingling of doubt and joy enveloping the world: "Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grownups share to the full their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before...
...Looters constantly prowled the building. Most of the 450 apartments had been vacated in a hurry and were still full of household goods. It was like a big store. To hear a sudden pounding on the front door was terrifying. We had towels stuffed along the door bottoms to help muffle inside sounds. And we laid small rugs in front of the doors to let us tiptoe close and look out through glass peepholes. We taped over the peepholes. In each tape we made a tiny opening with a pin, like a camera, so we could see out but remain...