Word: dual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During a practice firing, announced by an ear-shattering klaxon that called the 158-man crew to battle stations, Farmer assumed his post in front of the sub's dual periscopes. As crewmen ticked off information about bearing and depth, the captain verified each reading and repeated in a low but firm voice, "I agree." Then, checking a console screen to his left that showed the status of his 24 weapons, he ordered, "Make missiles ready." In the missile control center one deck below, Weapons Officer Lieut. John Hardenbergh worked at two other consoles that control the silos...
Kahane acknowledged that his decision was also influenced by the fact that he may be about to lose his U.S. citizenship. A new Israeli law bars Knesset membership to anyone holding dual citizenship. Kahane claims the statute was passed in response to his election. In addition, the U.S. is considering withdrawal of his citizenship because he holds office in a foreign government. Should this happen, Kahane believes that his chances of getting a visa to visit the U.S. would be improved if he drops his link with the J.D.L., which has in the past run afoul of American law enforcement...
...carried along. "War reduces us all to a common level of savagery and vulgarity," he writes to a colleague, "but at least we can shew how foolish the whole business is even from the point of view of British and German Junkerdom." In the hysteria of conflict this dual indictment earns Shaw the enmity of his countrymen. Friends cut him dead; libraries remove his books from their shelves. Still his letters refuse to compromise, and their integrity discloses a man of abiding principle, a humorist who, perhaps for the only time, refuses to regard life as an inverted comedy...
...Institute now in its third year has a dual purpose. It offers principals an exposure to the latest in educational research, and provides them with a rare opportunity to share ideas with colleagues from 30 states and eight countries, according to Kenneth S. Haskins, co-director of the Ed School's Principals' Center...
While some of the details have changed in the newest proposal, the dual centerpiece of Simpson's bill remains the same: 1) imposition of sanctions, including fines of up to $10,000 a violation, against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants; 2) an eventual amnesty for illegal aliens who arrived before Jan. 1, 1980, and have been living in the U.S. continuously since then...