Word: confer
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...nearly everything about this conference -- its structure, members and agenda -- is in dispute. Syria, for example, insists that the U.N. play an "important role," the better to pressure Israel into withdrawing from the occupied territories. But Israel does not trust the U.N., and has rejected any role for it, preferring that Washington and Moscow co-sponsor an opening session and then let Israel, the Arabs and the Palestinians confer on their , own. A possible compromise may have the European Community, which lusts after more diplomatic clout, replacing or joining the U.N. Israel also refuses to talk with any Palestinians connected...
Washington will also confer about relief efforts with Ankara, which Secretary of State James Baker visited last weekend. But if the U.S. expects Turkey to take in thousands of refugees, it must deliver enough aid to enable the Turks to care for them. So far, the U.S. has not shown the generosity in adversity on which it prides itself -- nothing, for example, like the massive relief dispatched to Armenia when a 1988 earthquake decimated the region...
...19th century. Several thousand people at high risk for the disease will be inoculated with the experimental agent, most likely an altered version of the AIDS virus (HIV) or some portion of it. The vaccine should not be dangerous enough to cause the disease, but enough like HIV to confer immunity by triggering the production of antibodies and other virus-fighting components of the immune system. The subjects in the trial will be carefully monitored to see if they have a better record of avoiding infection than groups who were not vaccinated...
...withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait without preconditions and without the continuation of war. This time there was not the usual rhetoric from Aziz. He took the firm Soviet stand calmly, almost in a businesslike manner, showing no signs of displeasure. Aziz then returned to Baghdad to confer with Saddam. Three days later, on Thursday, Feb. 21, he flew back to Moscow with a reply. After another meeting between Aziz and Gorbachev, the U.S.S.R. emerged from the meeting with a fresh proposal that captured the world's attention. The Gorbachev plan, which incorporates an unconditional and complete withdrawal of Iraqi...
Berry, however, does not rely on second or third-hand information to learn what students are saying about the food. Berry says he has dined with students in houses such as Leverett and Quincy, and frequently stops to confer with students working in the dining halls...