Word: established
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President Clinton was said to be poised to recognize Vietnam and establish full diplomatic relations with the former U.S. enemy. The President's senior policy advisers--convinced that normalization would be good for diplomacy, for business and for prompting a full accounting of American soldiers still missing in action--have recommended that the step be taken very soon. At the same time, Hanoi said it would let an ailing Vietnamese human-rights activist and his wife join relatives...
...unsigned typewritten letter that arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday. Its contents were terse, unambiguous and bloodcurdling. "WARNING: the terrorist group F.C., called Unabomber by the FBI, is planning to blow up an airliner out of Los Angeles International Airport sometime during the next six days." To establish his credentials, the letter's author cited the first two numbers -- 55 -- of a nine-digit code Unabomber had earlier given to editors of the New York Times so that they would know they were in touch with the real killer and not a wannabe...
After more than a week of internal debate and White House leaks, President Clinton has decided to announce his plan to establish full diplomatic relations with Vietnam at a Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday. Storm coulds are already gathering, at least among Republican presidential candidates. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas have criticized Clinton for moving toward normalization; Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.), who may soon withdraw from the race, on Sunday called Clinton a "triple draft dodger" and told NBC's "Meet the Press" that establishing diplomatic ties was "going to deny him a second...
...open up Jesse James' grave in Kearney, Mo. to settle whether James actually staged his murder in April, 1882, as some believe. Allowed 90 days to study the remains, a 15-member team hopes to determine the identity of the body in the grave, and assuming it is James, establish the caliber of bullet that killed him and the angle and distance from which it was fired...
...flag burning should rest as lightly on the land as, say, a law forbidding the eating of caterpillars with cream cheese. Representative Nadler's worries about the separation of church and state can similarly be put to rest. It would be one thing if Congress were trying to establish a genuine religion, requiring, for example, that one pray to the President or the Speaker of the House. But all we are being asked is that we treat the flag, whatever "the flag" turns out to be, like an image of the Ineffable One--and who could object to a little...