Word: establish
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...audience participation. Indeed, by the second act, Chadryn A. Agpalo of the Graduate School of Education, had coddled her ground-floor audience (along with a few brave souls on the balconies) into loudly chanting “cunt!” The chant was part of an effort to establish a positive connotation for the conventionally offensive expression...
SOME IN THE U.S. WERE OFFENDED BY YOUR SPEECH ABOUT WEAKNESSES IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. I wanted to establish more common ground in the transatlantic relationship through NATO, the E.U. and all the other institutions that exist between the U.S. and Germany. We are not just ready to discuss questions of military importance but go further into a real strategic dialogue on questions such as climate change, international terrorism, nonproliferation and aid to Africa. The time is right for opening a new chapter in transatlantic relations...
...Bush Administration were offended by your speech about weaknesses in the transatlantic alliance, which said NATO is no longer the primary venue to discuss and coordinate strategy. Unfortunately, the way the speech was transported through various channels has led to my original proposal being somewhat misunderstood. I wanted to establish more common ground in the transatlantic relationship through NATO, the E.U. and other institutions. We are not just ready to discuss the questions of military importance, but to go further into a real strategic dialogue on questions such as climate change, international terrorism, nonproliferation and aid to Africa. The time...
...Iraqi insurgent commanders said several "nationalist" rebel groups--composed predominantly of ex--military officers and what the Pentagon dubs "former regime elements"--have moved toward a strategy of "fight and negotiate." Although they have no immediate plans to halt attacks on U.S. troops, they say their aim is to establish a political identity that can represent disenfranchised Sunnis and eventually negotiate an end to the U.S. military's offensive in the Sunni triangle. Their model is Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, which ultimately earned the I.R.A. a role in the Northern Ireland peace process. "That...
...need to plan on coming out with the energy that we had at the beginning of the Cornell game,” Cusworth said, “[to] establish the line of scrimmage right from...