Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Radcliffe College Formal Opening, established in 1925, was once the only event to bring all undergraduate women together. The name was later changed to the Radcliffe College Convocation...
...third time this year, the elected President of a former Soviet republic has been forced out of office by a popular uprising. Rebel militiamen in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, seized President Rakhmon Nabiyev as he drove to the airport and forced him at gunpoint to sign a formal resignation. Nabiyev, the longtime communist boss of Tajikistan, won almost 60% of the vote in a presidential election last November. Fighting broke out between Nabiyev's supporters and his rivals, a coalition of democratic and Islamic groups, and in recent weeks the clashes turned into civil...
...answer to that question lies in Moscow, where the Kurile issue has stirred political passions. One camp, led by the Russian Foreign Ministry, is willing to do business on Tokyo's terms: the islands returned in exchange for a formal peace treaty, never signed after World War II, and financial support for the comatose Russian economy. Opposed is an unruly chorus of nationalist politicians who threaten to overthrow President Boris Yeltsin if he surrenders any more of the "motherland." They are allied with conservative military men, still smarting from the "loss" of Eastern Europe, who fear that return...
...optimism is probably unwarranted and possibly unwise. Nevertheless, Israel and Syria are putting out signals that have even veteran skeptics paying close attention. Officials in Jerusalem said last week they were preparing a negotiating paper that would offer Syria a deal on the Golan Heights in return for a formal peace treaty...
...spokesperson Charles Ball said yesterday that the institute will file its formal notice of appeal in early November. A three-judge panel is expected to hear the appeal sometime in the spring, he said...