Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knack for bringing in talent continued to the present, with six players on last year's roster drafted into the NHL, including two second-round picks, sophomore forwards Steve Moore and Chris Bala. One of next year's expected recruits, Brett Nowak, was rated by Central Scouting Bureau as the top player in the New England Prep Schools...
...Albright, a stable Europe is central to our interests. Opposing ethnic cleansing is central to our values. And because of the world view bred into her bones and seared into her heart growing up, she believes that America's interests cannot be easily separated from its values. "We are reaffirming NATO's core purpose as a defender of democracy, stability and human decency on European soil," she says...
Those of you who know where to find an issue of Time have probably read about the entire races of creatures being created by computer. One of these creatures, Jar Jar Binks, is a central character in the film. And those of you who have seen the Star Wars Special Edition are probably hoping that Jar Jar will be a bit more convincing than was the computer-generated Jabba the Hutt. (If nothing else, Jar Jar's dialogue should get frequent laughs; he speaks in a grotesque pidgin English throughout the film...
...eventual fate of Slobodan Milosevic. According to French reports Thursday, Milosevic has signaled that he's prepared to accept the NATO-Russia peace deal, but only if he's guaranteed immunity from prosecution as a war criminal. "Milosevic imposed the same condition on the Bosnia peace agreement," says TIME Central Europe reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "He has a lot of blood on his hands and he knows that Western intelligence has more than enough evidence to indict him at the Hague war crimes tribunal...
...TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says he still could. "Most of the additions are fine by him, like the hurricane relief to Central America and the FEMA funds for Oklahoma," he says. But Washington senator Slade Gorton's gold-mine rider directly overturns an administration decision to block the mine, and Clinton still has the political capital on Kosovo to demand a leaner, cleaner bill. "It's a game of chicken, but the Republicans already look bad on Kosovo," Branegan says. "Clinton could probably score some points by accusing Congress of slowing down the bill with pork, and they...