Word: jointed
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...Richard M. Daley and to some extent Los Angeles' Robert Riordan and New York City's Rudolph Giuliani--who actively collaborate and compare notes on how to make cities work. Goldsmith visits Giuliani every few months to talk shop; Rendell and Goldsmith bounce ideas off each other at frequent joint speaking appearances. And good practices, big or small, travel fast. "You learn a lot from each other," says Republican Riordan, who used Indianapolis-style competing out to award cleanup contracts after the 1994 Northridge, Calif., earthquake. Goldsmith is using a silicone-based antigraffiti sealant he learned about from Daley. Says...
...points were lost on the Palestinian extremists who claimed responsibility for the explosions. "Our first goal was to bring down Arafat's administration," says "Abu Assad," a senior figure in the military wing of Hamas. According to him, the group was trying to prevent the anticipated full resumption of joint antiterror measures between the Israelis and the Palestinians. "This cooperation," notes Abu Assad, "is done at our expense." Then, in a boast that might be only bravado, the Hamas activist claimed, "We were about to assassinate Dennis Ross" on one of his previous peace shuttles. U.S. officials say there have...
...world's most beleaguered fisheries and allow them the time they need to recover. To help shoppers become more selective about what they put on the dinner table, the Worldwide Fund for Nature and Unilever, one of the world's largest purveyors of frozen seafood, have launched a joint venture that in 1998 will start putting labels on fish and fish products caught in environmentally responsible ways...
...YORK: They say you should speak softly and carry a big stick, and that's just what the U.S. and South Korea are doing by announcing joint military exercises ? right in the middle of peace talks with North Korea...
...YORK: They say you should speak softly and carry a big stick, and that's just what the U.S. and South Korea are doing by announcing joint military exercises ? right in the middle of peace talks with North Korea...