Word: formality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...East Timor wins formal independence under U.N. auspices. Gusmão had been elected President a month earlier...
...Switzerland, as soon as it acknowledged its error, withdrew from its neighbor’s territory. The U.S.’s administration, even after four years, anywhere between 30,000 and 600,000 deaths, a shocking low point of 34-percent domestic approval of the war and a formal Congressional resolution dissenting with the administration’s recent decision to send more troops, refuses to consider withdrawal...
...like that. It’s refreshing.’“‘May I stroke it?’“‘I wish you would.’” Smiley’s pre-coital dialogue is so formal it’s laughable, and it’s not only a sign of her distance from real life. Smiley is so caught up with the academic arguments of war that she loses touch with the things that make a novel: characters, narrative, and a personal aesthetic.But even if characters...
...would likely come under investigation, and that a decision on charging them would be clearer "in the next few months." Friestad noted that insider trading investigations often scrutinize, and later charge, "family members, friends, college roommates and other social acquaintances" of those identified in the initial round of formal accusations. The SEC often tries to pressure those under investigation to cooperate with the agency...
...Although the Pentagon's formal statement said Harvey had submitted his resignation, Pentagon officials made it clear he had been asked to do so by Gates. The Defense Secretary strongly implied in his statement that he wasn't pleased by Harvey's decision on Thursday to cashier the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed and replace him, temporarily, with a three-star general who had run the hospital before him. Harvey, who had served as Army secretary since late 2004, was succeeded in an acting capacity by Pete Geren, currently the under secretary of the Army...