Word: widener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were killed in 1965 by forces led by General Suharto, then the top military commander, after an attempted Communist coup. The Communist Party is still banned in the country. One senior Indonesian diplomat noted the wariness: "We are aware that the Soviets never give up in their goals to widen their influence. Therefore we will be cautious...
Hernandez-Colon, however, said he was concerned that the "United States believes in an insular tradition of monolinguism, and that rather than bridge the linguistic gap...it would widen that divide by declaring English the official language...
...Fifth Amendment unless they can strike some kind of deal with the Government. But the Government appears to be less interested in striking a deal than in sending Wall Street a message." One knowledgeable stock-market analyst thinks he knows what the message says: "They're going to widen the net until they run out of fish." Last week's sudden haul is an intriguing sign that there is plenty of net left...
...With the help of a highly placed informant, federal authorities dramatically arrest three prominent members of the Manhattan financial community for profiting on private stock- market information. Investigations of insider trading continue to widen. Meanwhile, the practice has become a stain with the potential to blacken the reputation of the entire investment industry...
...trip was organized by the U.S.-Japan Committee for Promoting Trade Expansion, a group of American and Japanese legislators working to widen export opportunities for small and medium-sized U.S. businesses...