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...Sullivan, who, along with the council's four other Independents, is expected to support the easement's transfer, said yesterday he simply meant to shorten the meeting for the benefit of a visiting delegation from Armenia...
...deep in debt: Brundtland dazzled both friends and foes with a perilous high-wire act. On one hand she capped wages, devalued the krone and clamped down on consumer credit in an effort to restore Norway's export markets. But at the same time she kept her promise to shorten the workweek to 37 1/2 hours, extend paid maternity leave to 24 weeks, and maintain generally Norway's fine-weave "safety...
SPACE CENTER, Houston--A problem with a hydrogen tank aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery forced its astronauts to conserve energy yesterday and threatened to shorten the mission, but Mission Control said there was no threat to the crew...
Administrators say they hope that withholding lottery numbers will shorten the lottery process and encourage students to list their house choice according to true preference rather than according to the likelihood of availability...
...less than $5,200 a year in income and $3,100 in assets in New York, for example) to qualify for state Medicaid coverage. Unless Washington has a change of heart, each of the 50 states must act to fill the void or the lack of cash may shorten thousands of lives...