Word: cannoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hijack had started in Algiers -- airport staff uniforms. The troopers were able to ascertain that the plane's doors were not blocked or booby- trapped. According to some accounts, the policemen also slipped tiny eavesdropping devices into the aircraft. Along with external surveillance devices -- infrared-vision equipment and "cannon" microphones trained on the windows and fuselage -- the bugs would have allowed the gendarmes to follow the hijackers' movements inside the aircraft...
While leery of Karadzic, the White House believes Carter may be useful. Still, there were misgivings that stemmed not only from Carter's reputation for loose-cannon diplomacy and coddling dictators but also from a fear that his good offices would grant the Bosnian Serbs a legitimacy that is so far the only prize the international community has been able to deny them. Administration officials briefed the former President on Bosnia. "He will see all the players rather than be Karadzic's front man," said a senior U.S. official. "Carter sees his role as helping Karadzic out of the corner...
...delivered a tirade against what he identified as $225 billion in tax benefits for particular industries. "Since we are committed to moving the disadvantaged from welfare to work, why not target corporate welfare as well, and use the savings to help all Americans get better work?" he said.A LOOSE-CANNON FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS? The speech quickly became a political event: Commerce Secretary Ron Brown this afternoon said he'd never heard of the proposal and White House aides toldTIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratanthey disavowed the speech. Reich's spinners later said the "corporate welfare" idea was "not a proposal...
Town-gown relations are far better today. In fact, undergraduates are now moving into the town that once wanted to pelt them with cannon-fire...
...days of cannon-fire are long gone...