Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also functions as a kind of court, making binding rulings when member states are in dispute - for example, when European governments tried to stop importing hormone-treated beef from the U.S. on health grounds, they were overruled by the WTO. The WTO's members gave the body such powers precisely to ensure that trade disputes between countries are resolved quickly and smoothly, by an arbitration mechanism they all recognize as legitimate...
While Harvard tried going to the full-court press from time to time, Marist was able to break it with relative ease. The Marist defense, however, while not as strong, was nonetheless effective at getting Harvard guards like freshman Elliott Prasse-Freeman to make bad decisions. Prasse-Freeman turned the ball over four times, often on poor interior passes...
Academically a senior, she is considered a junior on the basketball court because she is trying to gain the year of eligibility she lost in sitting out last season under NCAA transfer rules...
...AIDS service organization whose protest tactics irritated the mayor, and informed some state legislators who voted against the city's position on a tax bill that they would not be permitted on the stand at the Yankees ticker-tape parade. (The first two actions were reversed by courts on First Amendment grounds; the barred legislators did not go to court to test the proposition that standing on the platform like a big shot is a constitutionally protected form of expression.) At this point, New Yorkers would not be surprised to hear that someone who took a position contrary...
...have a sound investment, retire and have some peace and tranquillity," says Linke. After the first few quarterly payments arrived from the company, the money suddenly stopped coming. Liberte Capital blames its escrow agent for the problem. Now Linke and her fellow investors' money is frozen while a court-appointed receiver tries to resolve the dispute...