Word: jettison
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...ordered proved ineffectual, Rabin decided that 1.7 million captive people could not be ruled by force, and he made the idea of a negotiated peace the theme of his 1992 campaign against Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. To achieve peace, he told the voters, Israel would have to jettison the siege mentality that had formed such a central part of its identity since the state's inception...
...after reaching abreakthrough agreementto resume peace negotiations with Syria, Israeli officials admitted they might jettison 28 years of tough talk and withdraw from the disputed Golan Heights. "We must not allow the chance ofcomprehensive peace in the Middle Eastto slip through our fingers," Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said. "No one will forgive us if children learn one day that it was possible to end the wars . . . and we ran away from a decision." Israel, he noted, made a similar territorial concession when it returned the entire Sinai peninsula to Egypt as part of the 1979 peace treaty. But Prime Minister...
...Coop exist? To carry textbooks, offer posters in September, sell a few clothes, perhaps, and offer a good deal on CDs--if you get a frequent buyer's card and take advantage of student discounts. But outside of that, we can't really say. It's time to jettison those weak departments, even if they do fill up all the space in that huge building. Daniel Altman...
...named David, in fact) "took a swing in the dark and hit someone on the chin," as one media lawyer describes it. Still others see the probe as a case study in how companies can abuse the regulatory process. It is nearing its climax just as Congress prepares to jettison a battery of obsolete media regulations and launch an era of explosive competition...
...They'd better," says Biden. "I won't be left out there to jettison all the crap because of ((Clinton's)) lack of leadership. After the President's speech, there's no chance to kill the idea outright. That's the politics of it. So, sure, we've got to focus it, but that won't happen unless the President steps up and takes a position. We should impact the 6% or so who commit roughly 70% of the violent crime. We shouldn't be stupid." But that's where Clinton may be headed unless he joins Biden to stand...