Word: friday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard took an eight-inning, 18-16 decision from Penn on Friday, but a late rally fell short in Saturday's nightcap at Columbia, with Harvard losing 9-8 in a game the Lions tried their best to give away...
President Clinton on Friday defined NATO's objective as securing conditions for the refugees to return to an autonomous Kosovo. But he reiterated his belief that this could be achieved via air strikes. "The administration is gearing up for a long-term bombing campaign," says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "But it's not prepared to put ground troops into a hostile environment -- it'll use them only to secure whatever cease-fire deal emerges." In other words, NATO appears unlikely to bring any new element into the battle...
...troops, and would inevitably involve extensive casualties. "If Milosevic stopped his offensive, withdrew some of his forces and opened dialogue on a peace plan that would allow NATO to save face, that would likely be an attractive option to at least some of NATO," says Dowell. Indeed, on Friday French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine said peace talks could begin if Milosevic halted his offensive and reduced his forces in Kosovo to the levels agreed with NATO last October...
...Friday the yanis still adorns Queen Noor al Hussein, 47, as she steps into the sitting room of her family home, Bab al Salaam (Door of Peace), to speak with a reporter for the first time since her husband's death. Jordan's official 40-day mourning period ended a day earlier, and in the course of a 2 1/2-hr. interview over lentil soup and tuna sandwiches, the Queen is, for the most part, strong and hopeful, at times bestowing her beguiling smile...
...come up with Dow 10,043. Never mind that at no point during the day was the average near that level. Then came the modestly credible intraday benchmark last Tuesday, when the Dow briefly traded at 10,002 based on actual prices before ending the day much lower. On Friday the Dow traded well above the magical mark most of the day, only to sell off again...