Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chance encounters in the chapel, which nobody really seems to want. Language can also be a barrier. "My congregation can't understand him even when he speaks English," jokes the Rev. William Doubek of his Vietnamese counterpart. Moreover, different denominations cannot worship together. "If we were to hold a joint service, the Lutheran Synod would be pretty hard on us," Bodimer notes. And, says Our Redeemer treasurer Charles Wuensch, "there is a feeling among some in the congregation that we don't have anything in common with these people, that we wouldn't have anything to say to them...
...House will share a single small office in the White House basement. Members of the media were not allowed in any government buildings today. But they were reassured that at 11am tomorrow, Vice President Al Gore and Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Fred Thompson will address a joint press conference on the Capitol steps to answer all of their questions about the plan. Tonight, as the sun settled sleepily below the horizon, a tall, lanky man reported by some sources to have played some sort of part in the extraordinary White House session was spotted strolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, hands...
...Optimists start from the premise that it is so much in Beijing's interest to make Hong Kong work that it is bound to keep its promises. As Frank Ching, senior editor and columnist for the Far Eastern Economic Review, writes, "China did not spend two years negotiating the Joint Declaration, five years drafting the Basic Law...with the idea that it would tear them up on July 1." Optimists are confident that Hong Kong can remain a fair and open place to live and work because China needs Hong Kong's money and expertise to speed its own modernization...
...state factory system, a lifelong auto man who runs one of the few profitable heavy industries in Shenyang. When the plant, burdened with 7,000 workers making shoddy cars no one could afford, foundered in the early '90s, the Hong Kong conglomerate Huachen wheedled a 51% share as a joint venture. It went out looking for a mainland general manager and found Zhang...
...N.B.A., let alone distinguished himself on the court. For the money, the 6-ft. 8-in. teenager will be expected to perform at a high level on the court as well as make TV commercials and store appearances. Still, it beats sweeping up at the local pizza joint...