Word: formalisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dawn, attended by a sword-bearer and a dew sweeper, ritually purified the ground on a chilly silver morning. In something of the same spirit, International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch reminded the world (not least Baghdad and Washington) that the "Olympic truce" calls for an end to formal warfare during the competition...
...Even though the formal rules to the forum at first seem too detailed, when you put them all together, they construct a powerful negotiations system," Nowlis said...
...antitank missiles and even, according to one source, a score of Katyusha rockets with a range of 12 miles. Authorities in Israel assume that several armor-piercing heavy machine guns recently stolen from Israeli army stores are in Palestinian hands. According to Israeli intelligence, the Palestinians have developed a formal war room that is mobile and headed by Brigadier General Haj Ismail, overall military commander of the West Bank. The Israelis also report that the Palestinians, anticipating future casualties, have expanded trauma units and morgues...
...started last year but didn't succeed because of one minor problem--the coaches failed to show up for practice. But thanks to the efforts of sophomores Sara Winkler and Kaitlin McGraw, the JV's two co-captains this year, the JV women's hockey team became a formal part of Harvard athletics...
Although the students discuss formal treatment methods at meetings, they also try to probe the causes of depression--where it originates and how to alleviate the stressful sources...