Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Formally, the allies denied they were negotiating at all. But that was true only in the sense that diplomats and heads of government were exchanging views mostly by telephone and cable rather than face-to-face around a table. Otherwise, the pattern of offer and counterproposal, of demands advanced, accepted, modified or dropped, was pretty much what it might have been in a formal conference...
...anti-Saddam coalition, this plan appeared to be compounded about equally of holes and snares. To begin with, the allies have consistently opposed any formal cease-fire before, or for that matter during, an Iraqi pullout (though they would not attack the withdrawing troops). Saddam, they fear, would use any respite to rest, regroup and resupply his badly battered troops in Kuwait. He might then renege on the withdrawal agreement and resume...
...only would it catalogue women's groups at the College, but also in all the University's graduate schools and in the Boston area, they said. The system will also serve as a formal networking tool--listing tutors, graduate students and professors who are researching women's issues...
...black tuxedo, the snow-white swirl of an evening gown, a Ritz cracker . . . A Ritz cracker? According to Astaire's widow, a subsidiary of Nabisco Brands hoped to create just such a connection when it released a million packages of its familiar Ritz snack crackers decorated with dancers in formal dress. Though the faces seem airbrushed, Mrs. Astaire and the very much living Ginger Rogers see an uncanny resemblance to a photo of the famed Hollywood hoofers from the 1935 hit film Top Hat. Their response: a $1 million lawsuit...
...after Egypt became the first and so far only Arab country to make formal peace with Israel, most of the Arab world broke relations with Cairo. Mubarak, who became President in 1981 after Anwar Sadat was assassinated, has concentrated on establishing a mood of moderation at home while mending ties with fellow Arabs. Of 21 members in the Arab League, all 18 that broke diplomatic relations with Egypt then have since resumed them. Last week Mubarak further demonstrated his diplomatic skills by playing host first to Libya's mercurial Muammar Gaddafi, whom he has wooed diplomatically for two years...