Word: dismissingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taking over from Yusufu Lule, Amin's first successor, who was deposed after only ten weeks, the chubby lawyer barely survived a string of no-confidence motions brought against him in the country's parliament. The immediate cause of Binaisa's overthrow was his attempt to dismiss Brigadier David Oyite Ojok as army chief of staff, reportedly because Ugandan troops, ordered to conduct house-to-house searches for arms in Kampala, had looted many of the homes. Troops loyal to Ojok quickly seized the radio station in Kampala and began broadcasting anti-Binaisa messages. After two days...
Releasing Sacred Songs now will definitely hurt the credibility of Hall's apparent switch to a more vivacious style. The unknowing will simply dismiss this work as just another softie-gone-new-wave commercial album (as with Billy Joel's Glass Houses and the Eagles' Long Run). Certainly, the executives at RCA had the cash-in objective in mind when they decided to release Sacred Songs at this time...
Most experts dismiss the possibility that the Soviets, especially since Afghanistan, would be so imprudent as to undertake any direct invasion of Yugoslavia. An invading force from the Soviet Union, which would require 35 or more divisions, totaling more than 300,000 men, would have to take on a large-scale fight not only against the well-equipped 259,000-man Yugoslav army but also against the 3 million-member partisan militia. In addition, there would be the risk of causing a confrontation with the Western allies...
...French dismiss such references to prior American help as irrelevant in today's world but the West Germans do recognize that gratitude ought to be a factor. Says Helmut Kohl, chairman of West Germany's Christian Democratic Union: "We have relied on the U.S. for our protection, including Berlin's. It is only right that we now stand with the U.S., for the entire West's sake...
Courts will dismiss any criminal statute that does not meet the well-established test of telling a person of "ordinary intelligence" what conduct is prohibited. To satisfy this requirement, the DEA model contains a 55-word definition of "paraphernalia," describes in detail dozens of pieces of equipment that would qualify as paraphernalia if used in connection with drugs (including bongs, balloons and blenders), and spells out 14 factors to be considered by police and courts in determining whether an item is likely to be used for drug-related purposes. Still, the constitutional obstacle remains formidable: Deputy Assistant Attorney General Irvin...