Word: jettisoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mean by 'what to do tonight.' [Makes quotation mark signs with fingers.] Certainly there are a number of diverse proposals that we could put forward on several fronts, of course analyzing the cogent arguments inherent in each possibility. However, this is not to say that we should simply jettison more traditional applications, for doing so would effectively preclude our use of several standard frameworks for solving the problem. Did I mention I'm a real 'people person...
...military budget -- now targeted at $1.4 trillion over the next five years -- remains? so massive. 2MRC requires maintaining a certain level of equipment and personnel -- all of which costs more and more each year. Until the basic doctrine is reassessed -- and "President Clinton is not about to jettison 2MRC," says Thompson -- expect the Pentagon to keep holding...
...acquittal in a Senate trial would mean Clinton would have to accept a place in history as the second President to be impeached by the House. Top House Democrats will be encouraging the White House to avoid that fate and negotiate with Hyde. Democrats may even be willing to jettison their plans to call Starr as a witness--if Hyde agrees to a debate over whether any of Clinton's alleged offenses merit impeachment...
...When it does go public, the new entity will offer 20 percent of itself, a slice plenty small enough to keep investors rabid and demand high. No word yet on the price. For the parent Barnes & Noble, though, the jettison is already paying off. Upon hearing the announcement, investors promptly bid the company's stock up $4 to $41.25 in morning trading...
...lives, and what is best left behind in Tibet or Japan? Every Buddhist culture has elements we'd rather not import. Those of us from non-Buddhist backgrounds did not lay down one set of cultural baggage to pick up another." True, but how much baggage can you jettison without calling off the whole trip...