Word: edict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bombing attacks on the Serb ammunition dumps two weeks ago were an act of desperation. U.S. and European leaders knew the Serbs were likely to shell cities and take hostages in response. But the Serbs had been shelling Sarajevo anyway and were brazenly violating a nato edict excluding heavy weapons from a 12-mile zone around the city. The allies believed they had to do something, anything, to stand up to them. The new show of allied firmness may turn out to be no less desperate and no more effective...
...seemed that the consolation game was just a matter of going through the motions, fulfilling some edict from the hockey gods laid down long...
...example, Anfernee Hardaway's newly renegotiated contract. Most people would! The second-year point guard, who averaged a modest 16 points last year as a rookie, just signed a nine-year contract with the Orlando Magic that will pay him an estimated $70 million. This violates no league edict but sets the stage for trouble ahead. Little wonder that the Magic owners have seen fit to raise ticket prices. The increase raises courtside seats from $60 to $95. Little wonder that Hardaway was booed lustily by the paying customers in his first game back. They were entitled. Hardaway scored...
...opening-credits edict is just one sign of how tough the business of programming has become for a TV network. This should be a season of joy for ABC, CBS and NBC. Their combined audience share rose slightly last season, reversing a long downward trend caused by cable. The advertising market is more active than it has been in years: revenue from the summertime "up- front" selling season reached a record high $4.4 billion. The broadcast networks, dismissed as dinosaurs not long ago, are suddenly hot properties on Wall Street; rumors that one or another of the Big Three...
...That clause wasn't brought to our attention until [Wednesday] night," said council Vice President Joshua D. Liston '95. "There was no original edict, but last night we did reschedule everybody for tabling...