Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arranged just the way Oswald placed them 25 years ago to avoid being seen by co-workers. True, a clear screen keeps tourists from entering the assassin's lair, but the view of Dealey Plaza from accessible windows is about the same. One cannot, however, bring a rifle to check out the sights. A metal detector has been set up to spot gun toters...
Sources close to the case said India was willing to settle for a lesser amount than previously demanded because Union Carbide agreed to write the whole check right away. Last November the two sides had come close to agreeing on a settlement of $500 million, but that amount would have been paid out over ten years. Union Carbide, which has insisted that the leak was an act of sabotage by a disgruntled worker, will have no trouble raising the cash. The company had already set aside $200 million for the purpose, and its insurance will cover another $250 million...
...United spokesperson Nagin said the craft underwent a complete, four-day inspection 88 days ago, and a less intensive check on February...
...University must go even farther, though, than this initial plan to lock the doors and check identification. It seems that Harvard is looking for the easy way out of a problem which must be addressed. The stairways and elevators in the Science Center should be more carefully monitored, and even locked, so that "a person with an unauthorized purpose" does not have access to the quiet upper floors where people often study or work alone...
...ivory with elephants," says Mark Stanley Price, a director of the African Wildlife Foundation, "but every bracelet represents a dead elephant." Another top consumer is Japan, where ivory has long been used for personalized seals called hanko. But under pressure from conservationists, Hong Kong and Japan have begun to check closely the documents on ivory imports to weed out illegal shipments. Japan's legal ivory imports, in particular, have dropped sharply in the past three years...