Word: branches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military branch responsible for this sickening business has a huge department in the Defense Ministry. It has rejected any kind of international control. Several times I asked officials there why they were so adamant. The response: control (in the Soviet context, this word usually means on-site inspection) was out of the question because it could reveal the extent of the development of these weapons and Soviet readiness for their eventual use. There is no question that the U.S.S.R. is much better prepared than the U.S. for this type of warfare...
Part of Cambridge's contribution to the movement will move to the Central Square branch of the Cambridge Public Library on February 14. The Valentine's Day unveiling of the segments will constitute part of a ceremony marking the opening of the library's own "peace collection...
Despite that show of support, the Faculty ultimately scrapped plans to add a new branch to the University bureacracy. The policy adopted by the Faculty in May 1984 incorporated few major changes to the 1978 guidelines. While the new system placed added emphasis on informal channels for seeking advice and resolving conflicts, it mainly elaborated on existing procedures employing a network of counselors and investigators to pursue harassment complaints...
Sinatra arrived for rehearsals unprepared for the capital's chill weather. The next morning he was the first customer at the local branch of Brooks Brothers, whose accommodating staff sent Ol' Blue Eyes back outside wearing a new blue coat. It evidently kept the singer more than comfortably warm, especially under his collar. Two days later the Washington Post published a long story noting that not only Sinatra but also Entertainers Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were in town for the Inauguration, and speculating about a rebirth of the infamous, Sinatra-led Rat Pack of the '60s. Approached...
...sound," argues a gentleman who is traveling with a box containing a large chiming clock. "So you're stuck belly to belly with a stranger. At least you're with the nicest commuters." He does not mean nicer than Chicago commuters, or even Connecticut commuters. He is a branch-line chauvinist, and he means nicer than the commuters on the Oyster Bay line or the Ronkonkoma line...