Word: derailings
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...citizen from Kashmir, had pleaded guilty at the beginning of May to providing material support to al-Qaeda. Not only had he scoped out the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a plot to destroy the New York City landmark, but he had also tried to obtain equipment to help derail a train near the nation's capital. The feds had done more than nab a truck driver from Columbus, Ohio, who was leading what Ashcroft called "a secret double life," a man determined to wreak havoc right here in the U.S. They had turned one of Osama bin Laden...
...late last week, the state’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) instructed the Turnpike to prepare for an environmental review of the land, which could potentially derail the deal completely, according to Katie Cahill, an EOEA spokesperson...
WHAT ABOUT TIMING? THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S URGENT TIMETABLE IS DRIVEN BY CONCERNS THAT IMPENDING WARM WEATHER COULD DERAIL ITS MILITARY PLANS...
After all the U.S. anger over European veto threats at NATO and the U.N., the latest round of World Trade Organization talks showed that America still knows how to derail international negotiations when it's in the mood. The Doha trade round, which was meant to bring poor countries into the world economy when it launched in 2001, was on the skids last week, after negotiators deadlocked over plans to provide cheap medicine to the developing world. The deadline for an agreement has passed, and passed again. But still the U.S. shows no signs of backing down from its lone...
...despite recent turmoil, committee members said they thought the sudden change in leadership would not derail the system...