Word: bolting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile dozens of photographers in the courtyard below laze about, waiting for the defendant or an important witness to come down, ignore them and bolt into...
Part of the explanation could be traced to last August, when the botched Soviet coup gave the Baltic republics the final opening to bolt from the U.S.S.R. The U.S. dragged its feet in recognizing their independence, and Bush's critics wondered why he had taken so long. In diplomatic terms, Bush's ! caution was understandable, but it hurt him among conservative Republicans, who are looming ever larger in White House political thinking as rightist political columnist Patrick Buchanan prepares for a presidential...
...Mount Weather. "But public policy rarely closely follows current events," he says. "It's too soon. We're less than a few months into the new world. It's going to take some time before that's fully assessed." Says Becton: "We are no longer faced with a bolt out of the blue from Russia, but no one has the assurance that someone else won't pop up in the next five or 10 years and take on that threatening role...
...future of Jerusalem non-negotiable and has ruled out a freeze on settlements and withdrawal from all occupied territories. But Israel is ready to adopt an interim five-year plan that would grant Palestinians limited self- rule while maintaining control of the land, security arrangements and foreign affairs. Could bolt if it feels overly pressured...
MIRVed ICBMs have long been the principal villains in American strategists' scenarios for a "bolt from the blue" Soviet attack. Because the U.S.S.R. is a land power with a historical preference for heavy artillery, it has more of these hydra-headed monsters than...