Word: iras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal with terrorism. Downing Street, where the Prime Minister's residence is located, is now closed off by iron gates and car barriers. In the Underground system and many other public places, litter baskets-an easy place to plant bombs-have been removed. In July 1993, after the ira exploded two bombs in London's financial center, the 1-sq.-mi. district called the City, officials threw a "ring of steel" around the area. Smaller streets have been closed off at one end, channeling traffic down just seven main arteries where police conduct random checkpoints and high-resolution cameras record...
...Since Dartmouth, we have been keying towards [next weekend]," Emans said. "We got beaten by Princeton at IRA's [the National Championship], and we have been waiting for revenge since...
...allowing anyone who so desires to opt out at once and receive from the government a check for their contributions to date. They would then be obliged to invest that money, plus all future contributions that would have otherwise gone to the Social Security trust fund, into a mandatory IRA. Dan Mitchell, a Heritage analyst, calls that "a reasonable way of cutting our losses...
...leader Gerry Adams, visiting the White House along with Irish Prime Minister John Bruton tonight, insisted that the political wing of the Catholic Irish Republican Army lacks the authority to act on Clinton's request. Bruton disagreed. He told reporters that Adams "has tremendous influence" over the anti-British IRA. Bruton and Adams praised Clinton for opening the White House gates for Sinn Fein, a controversial move they hope will accelerate peace talks. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says Protestant politicians from Northern Ireland also were invited to the White House tonight. Although the reception is "purely ceremonial," Carney...
Fall 1993: Crimson President Ira E. Stoll is censured by his own executive board for inappropriate conduct. By any standard, the president of a large student organization being reprimanded by his own board is newsworthy...