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Word: considerate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Will East Timor get an international peacekeeping force, and which countries would send troops? Indonesia's failure to keep its commitment to ensure security in East Timor has raised the clamor for an international peacekeeping force to replace Indonesian troops. Jakarta has thus far resisted the idea, at least until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An East Timor Primer | 9/10/1999 | See Source »

Janet Reno is finally learning the value of checks and balances. Evidently unwilling to court still more Republican ire with the internal, FBI-staffed investigation she initially promised, the attorney general is wooing straight-shooting former senator John Danforth of Missouri to head the new probe into the Waco conflagration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Siege of Waco: This Time It's Congressional | 9/8/1999 | See Source »

Even if it?s softened, the Supreme Court ruling should make life easier for Palestinian detainees in Israeli hands. "Interrogators in the past had routinely used torture," says Beyer. "Now that they may be put on trial, they?re more likely to first consider the context and the consequences." But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Wants the Right to Torture on a Need-to-Know Basis | 9/8/1999 | See Source »

Few observers believe that Hutchison is an arm of the P.L.A. The publicly held firm manages 19 ports in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Shipping experts consider the company among the world's finest. And, says Joseph Cornelison, the commission's deputy administrator, "we'll control the timing of ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama Canal: Giving Up The Ship? | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

Consider Mike Carr, an environmental engineer and paraglider pilot from Denver who last year survived a bad landing that smashed 10 ribs and collapsed his lung. Paraglider pilots use feathery nylon wings to take off from mountaintops and float on thermal wind currents--a completely unpredictable ride. Carr also mountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: Life On The Edge | 9/6/1999 | See Source »

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