Word: branched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decal symbol, which was designed to look very much like the official state seal. "The thing that's scaring me is that everyone else is scared," said Jeff Shank, an auto mechanic who took a four-hour lunch break to withdraw $14,000 in savings from an Old Court branch...
Though not identified in the Post story, the Lebanese unit involved was widely presumed to be the Deuxieme Bureau, the intelligence branch of the Lebanese Army. The unit is dominated by Maronite Christians with close ties to the 6,000-member Christian militia called the Lebanese Forces. Intelligence sources in Washington speculate that agents of the Deuxieme Bureau, possibly acting on their own, hired outsiders to carry out the car bombing. The Lebanese Army high command flatly denied any official involvement in the attack. As for the CIA , it insisted that it had not trained the agents involved...
...desire to stop drinking can join A.A. (There is no absolute definition of an "alcoholic.") People in the organization make themselves available to counsel and sponsor prospective members. Alcoholics Anonymous is open to all ages, faiths (including atheists) and races. Says one member of the New York City branch: "People think A.A. is some monolithic kind of thing. But there is an awful lot of shading. Some groups are very spiritual. Some are very social. For example, over on the East Side of Manhattan, meetings are packed with yuppies who talk like they have just swallowed their Apple computers...
...individuals were named in last week's charges or identified by the company, even though the Hutton branch managers benefited because they were given bonuses equal to 10% of their branch profits. That immediately raised charges of Justice Department favoritism toward Big Business. Meese lamely attempted to explain his decision not to go after any Hutton employees, saying it was necessary to give immunity "to push the investigation along." He added, "It didn't seem fair to subsequently charge other individuals for doing identical acts...
...reconciliation ceremony. It was this act, symbolizing the restoration of friendship, that stood at the heart of the controversy roiling around them. Buried in the soil of Bitburg were the remains not only of ordinary German fighting men but also of 49 members of the Waffen SS, a branch of the elite Nazi guard that ran the death camps, though the Waffen SS did not serve in that capacity...