Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...carry a sophisticated communications system that allows the Air Force, Navy and Army to talk to one another electronically. During Desert Storm, Air Force pilots couldn't talk by radio, fax or computer to Navy pilots, and ) neither group could communicate directly with Army ground troops. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell has been showing off the device to top brass who visit his office. As a general says, "This is far more important than a new tank or an airplane...
...habituated the military to calling its own shots, the President has dreamed of reaffirming civilian leadership over the Pentagon. But his hands have been tied both by his image as a draft dodger and by the popularity and political adroitness of General Colin Powell, the extraordinary Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who virtually dictated the Pentagon's opposition to admitting homosexuals to the armed forces and resisted military involvement in Bosnia. Last week Clinton finally got the chance to take the helm. Two chances, in fact -- one meticulously planned; the other fortuitous...
Washington-area vultures would act more politely. "Let me take down your phone number," one of them might say, "and maybe we'll try to work out some kind of agreement." No hurt feelings. No enemies or commitments made. Only a joint press release chock-full of the empty statements that make up reporting on politics here...
From there Gardini masterminded Ferruzzi-Montedison's 1989 joint venture with ENI, which made him a global giant -- and began his downfall. From the start, there were rumors that kickbacks had been paid to political parties in return for approving the deal. Gardini soon found himself in conflict with Cagliari, ENI's ambitious chief. Each man controlled 40% of Enimont, but the Ferruzzi boss tried to tip the balance by having friends purchase a majority of the outstanding 20% stock. In the end Cagliari prevailed, and in November 1990 ENI bought out Gardini's stake at an apparently politically sanctioned...
Washington -- President Clinton hasn't made a final decision about who will replace GENERAL COLIN POWELL as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but a source close to the selection process has told Time that two candidates have emerged as front runners. Leading the pack is Air Force General George ("Lee") Butler, and for now Marine General Joseph Hoar is holding on to second place. Since Powell and his immediate predecessor have come from the Army and Navy respectively, the normal rotation would suggest that the next Joint Chiefs Chairman be a general, such as Butler, from...