Word: gradualism
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...Bosnia and Herzegovina. Others will still be at bases in Germany, waiting their turn to board the trains; some may not leave until February. Army commanders strongly deny, however, that the buildup is slipping behind schedule. Says Colonel Mike Sullivan, chief spokesman for the U.S. Army, Europe: "Slow and gradual is exactly where we want to be. This is a very deliberate, precise process in vicious weather on a very unfavorable terrain, and we're very aware of that. We're not going to expose soldiers and their equipment to this until we're absolutely ready...
...police force. It will not conduct nation building. It will not be a disarmament force and chase after people to collect weapons and whatnot. And it will not be responsible for the movement of refugees." In other words, this time there will be no "mission creep," Pentagonese for the gradual expansion of tasks, which turned the Somalia intervention from an initial success to an eventual debacle...
Instead, argues Tel Aviv University archaeologist Israel Finkelstein, the settlement of the Promised Land was a gradual process over a long period, and involved people both from within Canaan and from outside. "Some came from the Hittite country, some from the desert to the east and some from the south," he says. "I would also accept the idea that a core emanated from Egypt, and these people brought with them the idea of monotheism." Only after they had united in a sort of tribal league did they become the Israelites, and while they undoubtedly fought their neighbors for territory...
...House. Judith Kidd, an experience public service administrator and until recently Vice President of City Year, was recently appointed to the position, to begin on January 1, 1996. (A six-month period of overlap has been planned between the old and new administrative arrangements, it order to ensure a gradual transition that secures ongoing programs...
...Chairman Yasser Arafat, meeting at the White House, agreed to extend Palestinian rule to almost a third of the West Bank, providing for Palestinian elections and laying the foundation for what could become a Palestinian state. The two leaders signed an intricately worded 400-page document that outlines the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from territory seized in the 1967 Six-Day War and transfers governing authority to Palestinians for most of their population in the West Bank. A last-minute dispute over the timing of Israeli troops' withdrawal from Hebron was resolved when Rabin and Arafat stepped...