Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Women Appealing for Change could conceivably, in the future, beyond the gender discussion, develop into something different," Colligan said at the joint meeting...
What's good for the country is often not good enough, or perhaps too good, for Capitol Hill. Congress exempts itself from a wide array of major federal laws, sometimes citing the doctrine of separation of powers or simply the need for loyal, compatible workers. The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress has compiled a list of the exceptions. Highlights...
During the 30-day election campaign, both major candidates doled out lavish promises to potential supporters. Bhutto offered a new joint parnership between the government and business and paid lip service to Qureshi's reforms, but she pandered to feudal landowners with promises of new price supports for agricultural commodities. She also pitched heavily for the support of women. Nawaz Sharif stood on his record of having launched privatization and several grandiose development projects, which have left the country nearly bankrupt...
Last year, for example, HSA lost nearly $170,000, according to its tax returns. Company officials say the number does not include all the profits earned at Let's Go--which was spun off at the start of fiscal 1993 and stopped filing joint returns with HSA--and reflects a national and regional economic slowdown...
...humor counters much ofits sentimentality, the movie ultimatelyincorporates too many looming issues for it toescape cliche. At times the script just tries abit too hard: in an attempt to make Sonnydifferent from all the other mobsters in previousfilms, Palminteri has made Sonny a gangster who'sread Machiavelli in the joint and can now lectureabout the distinction between feared and hatedleaders. Unfortunately, the weak ending, whichtries to tie all the ends together in one fellswoop, does nothing to resurrect the film...