Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Padan Aram prose board member Eleanor Stafford '92 said the magazine shies away from publishing more than one piece per issue by a single author. Stafford said the magazine wanted "to prevent the creation of a set `repertoire' of Padan Aram writers...
...firm's lobby at 60 Broad Street in New York City, security guards searched bags to prevent workers from carting away computers and company records. "People are in a state of shock. They're laughing and crying," said bond salesman Taylor Greene. Retorted a young broker as he stepped into a limousine with one last show of '80s bravado: "I'll enjoy reading about all this from Hawaii...
Many Europeans are apprehensive about reassembling a Germany of 77 million people in the center of the Continent. The Soviets, who estimate they lost 26 million people in their Great Patriotic War against the Nazis, have been the most vehement. If they were able, the Soviets would prevent unification altogether. That is impossible in view of Gorbachev's myriad problems, so they have tried to slow the process and attach conditions. When the "four" join the negotiations of the "two" in a few weeks, Moscow is expected to continue to argue for neutralization...
With Jews, that kind of reasoning is reversed: Jewish suffering does not entitle them to more leeway in trying to prevent a repetition of their tragedy, but to less. Their suffering requires them, uniquely among the world's sufferers, to bend over backward in dealing with their enemies...
...woes, which are many. Banks had been closed for almost three weeks in a bitter strike and lockout; wages 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...