Word: address
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Edney delivered the final address, recounting milestones of the past year, from the special convocation for South African leader Nelson R. Mandela to Radcliffe's decision to merge with the University...
Elsewhere the celebrations were fleeting. Bill Clinton openly declared "victory" in a nationally televised address Thursday night, followed by a triumphal tour Friday of Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the lethal B-2 bombers that emerged as the technological heroes of the war. But that evening, faces at the White House turned ashen. Commanders of Russian troops in Bosnia, evidently worried about the fate of Kosovar Serbs, had rumbled into Pristina, Kosovo's capital, despite an earlier understanding that they would not enter until agreement had been reached with NATO on command of the peacekeepers. On Saturday, Russian Foreign...
...doctors agree. And second, there are some questions of definition. Many doctors operate as independent providers -- not as employees -- and for them, banding together could pose antitrust problems. "But doctors have many grievances," says TIME health reporter Janice Horowitz, and banding together may be the only way to address them. In this regard, notes Horowitz, doctors may be following in the footsteps not only of America?s working-class forebears, but also of some other professional groups, such as college professors, some of whom have also pursued the unionization route...
While Amtrak tries to free itself from the government yoke, the airlines are trying to make sure that bureaucrats keep out of their business. The carriers, under a heavy congressional squeeze to address increasing customer complaints, on Thursday announced their long-awaited "passenger bill of rights." Among the measures: informing customers of the lowest available fares, better notification of delays and cancellations, prompt ticket refunds and better service. Congressional critics were encouraged but refused to give the airlines the all clear. "Legislators remain ready to move if this is not enough," says TIME business reporter Julie Rawe...
...held that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites violated the Constitution. It caused a firestorm as the South vowed "massive resistance" to school integration. When Marshall appeared on NBC's Youth Wants to Know, Georgia stations replaced the show with a taped address by segregationist Governor Herman Talmadge...