Word: agreement
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What he was saying is this: "So differing density levels within the protein itself can affect the uniformity of the freezing process?" A Genentech scientist nodded agreement. California Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Tom Lantos smiled gamely. And Gore asked question after question: "Is this a process you patented? What software program do you use? Do you get stock options?" Soon he joined a roomful of scientists to deliver an ode to the job-creation benefits of the federal research-and-development tax credit...
...that anger has spilled over into the international arena. The Italian government will not allow their bases to be used in any Iraq attack -- an unprecedented step. "They've never played hardball with the Americans," says Burke. "There are lots of calls to renegotiate the agreement for the bases." Defense Minister Beniamino Andreatta told the Italian parliament: "What happened is incomprehensible." The plane's pilot, Richard Ashby, told an Italian newspaper that his altitude indicator malfunctioned...
...lawyers on both sides worked to complete the plea agreement, David Kaczynski, brother of Ted, scribbled on a yellow legal pad. It was David who had turned his brother in--and who has since argued forcefully that he should be spared execution on account of his mental state. At the top of his pad, he began writing, "The reaction of my mother and I to the plea agreement..." And when he was finished, as other spectators chatted quietly among themselves, he and his mother Wanda leaned silently against each other...
...other words, Gates had been guilty of foolhardy grandstanding after all. Last Thursday, with closing arguments set to begin, the chairman chose retreat. "I am pleased to advise the court that we have reached [an agreement that] settles the dispute on the compliance," announced Microsoft lawyer Richard Urowsky. "We believe this order will achieve all the relief the United States sought," echoed Justice attorney Phillip Malone. The judge donned his glasses. "And that," he said, "concludes our business...
...amazed to find myself, a 65-year-old female, in agreement with a man who wears green fingernail polish, a feather boa and a skirt. But yes, dude; as weirdly dressed drummer Traci Michaelz said, It is all about control. Wake up, America! LOIS R. TAYLOR Widefield, Colo...