Word: charters
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...well as European nations on the deployment of a NATO intervention force in Lebanese territory along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Unlike the present UNIFIL peacekeeping mission, which in practice does little more than monitor events, the new force would be empowered under Chapter VII of the United Nations charter to intervene against "threats to the peace, breaches of the peace and acts of aggression...
...number one is to work for Governor [Sonny] Perdue's re-election..." Undaunted by his defeat, Reed still had the audacity to trumpet the same signature issue that had been his undoing. "It was a positive campaign about the issues; about fiscal responsibility, about improving our schools through charter and choice, and about strengthening our values... Stay in the fight, don't retreat and our values will win in November." Even if his values, of course, had already lost in July...
...Russia on a measure that diplomats say could take a big bite out of North Korea's ability to perfect its long-range missiles and spread that technology to other dangerous states. They swayed the two typically reluctant players by dropping objectionable references to Chapter Seven of the U.N. Charter, which authorizes punishments for threats to "international peace and security" ranging from economic sanctions to military force...
...technology and material with North Korea that could be used in missiles or weapons of mass destruction?a key measure sought by the U.S. and Japan. American and Japanese diplomats secured Beijing's vote by toning down their preferred resolution, which would have invoked Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter authorizing the Security Council to respond to "threats to the peace" and "acts of aggression" with anything from economic sanctions to military force. Instead, China permitted the resolution to mention rather less ominously the Council's "special responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security...
...idea how much money the magazine made or lost, before it was shut down, and what its true circulation was. I can guess that Ginzburg wasn't rolling in the dough. With the fourth issue came this flyer: "LAST CHANCE! If you act now, you may still become a Charter Subscriber to Eros." From the screaming capital letters and the shrillness of the italicized "now," even a teenager could tell that Eros wasn't a money-minter like Playboy. It wasn't sexy like Playboy either, and that was probably one reason I let my subscription lapse. Turns...