Word: arms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Advisory groups are] a favorite technique the administration uses to hold people at arm's length," says one HUCTW member and Kennedy School employee. "Their [day-to-day] concerns are a lot different from ours. We know of people with families who make hard decisions as it is about allocating money...
...luxury hotels. At hunting preserves formerly reserved for the army, visitors shoot duck in some of Fidel's favorite stalking grounds. Gaviota takes tourists to the outskirts of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo and lets them spy on troop movements -- cocktails and binoculars included. TRD Caribe, the newest arm of Gaviota, is the fastest-growing chain of department stores. TRD, appropriately enough, stands for tienda recaudacion en divisas -- literally, "store to rake in the dollars...
...Israelis have run into a wall in trying to find the militants who commit Hamas outrages. Since the bus bombing, security forces have rounded up about 100 West Bank Palestinians suspected of serving as accomplices to the Izzeddin al-Qassam brigades, the violent arm of Hamas. "We are shaking the tree to see what will fall," says a security official...
Senior Dion Del Monte is the top returning forward for Dartmouth, while junior Bill Kelleher should add to the offense (he had a strong freshman campaign but missed most of last year with a broken arm). If the defense can gel and the offense can stay healthy, then maybe the Big Green could sneak up into one of the final ECAC playoff spots in March...
...fast. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, he of the rifle arm, two Super Bowl rings and the $6 million-plus-a-year contract, thinks otherwise of the new agreement. "We were better off with the old system. This is horrible for football. It's bad for the fans. I feel bad for them. They are being robbed." Or maybe only being fleeced...