Word: accordant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although Nixon and Kissinger repeatedly assertthat the U.S. and North Vietnam are near a ceasefire, December, 1972 rolls around without thematerialization of a peace accord. It proves to bea month of contradictions in other respects aswell. One day after Kissinger tells the publicthat the two sides have almost reached agreement,President Nixon orders stepped-up bombings ofNorth Vietnam (December 17). A 100-persondemonstration in Boston is held to protest thisdecision, but it does not compare with student-rundemonstrations held a year earlier...
Galbraith was the only person on both sides to participate in all three peace agreements: the Washington Accord, signed on February 28, 1994, to create a cease-fire between the Croats and the Muslims in Bosnia; the Erdut Accord, signed on November 12, 1995, aimed to end the war in Croatia, and the Dayton Accord, signed on November 21, 1995 to end the war in Bosnia...
Galbraith played a lead role in negotiating the Washington Accord, wrote the Erdut Accord and supported Richard Holbrooke in brokering the Dayton Accord...
BELFAST: The ayes have it, British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Thursday in his bid to coax voters to deliver a resounding 'yes' on the Irish peace accord in Friday's referendum. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand reports that anxiety over a "no" vote had increased after the initial euphoria over the deal gave way to mounting fear in the Protestant community -- spooked by the dire warnings of rejectionists -- that the early release of convicted IRA terrorists would set killers loose among them. Blair was at pains to reassure voters today to stress that parties committed to violence would...
Harvard's prestige does mean that many in Washington accord its faculty and administrators the respect of expert witnesses on higher education and other subjects. It often even opens doors for Harvard lobbyists--seen by many as among the best in the business...