Word: deal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terms of Harvard, we've been around for 350 years. A 10-year study is no big deal," Morgan says, quoting Brian C. Culver, Harvard's project coordinator of engineering and utilities...
...role and engage in substantive fact-finding. A case last spring involving sexual assault is one such instance; the women who brought forth the charge wrote, after the proceedings, that "the [Ad Board] system doesn't work. It is flawed. It is archaic and it is not made to deal with cases of sexual assault...
Even more troubling is that these disciplinary subcommittees are clearly ill-equipped to deal with serious disciplinary matters, especially criminal offenses such as rape and sexual assault. While a court of law has the resources to gather evidence, a subcommittee does not. While a court of law affords the opportunity for both parties to cross-examine witnesses, a subcommittee does not. While a court of law allows independent attorney representation, a subcommittee does not. And finally, while a court of law brings facts in direct contact to those passing judgment, a subcommittee, at best, acts as an unpredictable filter...
...among the G8 nations, but disagreements between Russia and the West resulted in a number of questions ?- such as the command and composition of the peacekeeping force -? being left open. Such issues, along with the tortuous negotiations over an implementation agreement, signal the conflicts to come. "Even as the deal is being implemented, Belgrade will refer to the letter of the resolution in order to challenge NATO?s interpretations," says TIME Central Europe reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "For example, they?re claiming the right to screen the returning refugees on the grounds that the agreement specifies continued Yugoslav control over Kosovo...
...stacked-deck electoral system ?- within a whisker of holding on to power. Add to that an opposition vote split between Megawati?s secular Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle and various Islamic parties, and the country?s next president still looks likely to be decided in a series of backroom deals. Then again, no military-backed deal is going to enjoy much legitimacy if the vote-counters don?t get a move...