Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...service would be a real liaison with major existing intelligence services on shared targets. That would include terrorism and nuclear weapons, all these loose cannons we've got sloshing around in Ukraine. If some crazed national movement got hold of nuclear weapons, then I think there should be a joint effort among intelligence agencies that should be pooled by the United Nations...
...Citibank. It has also expanded into the field of multimedia (machines that can combine text, graphics, sound and video) by buying pieces of EO, interactive computer maker 3DO Co. and software start-up General Magic. Earlier this month, the phone giant entered the video-game business through a joint venture with Sega Enterprises that will enable players to take on opponents over AT&T's phone lines, and it formed an alliance with Viacom, a cable-TV programmer, to launch a two-way video service that will let viewers receive movies on demand and shop from home...
...Although the company has been adept at providing communication links and transactional services such as banking, it does not make or own the video games, television shows, movies and information products that will be the staple of what consumers order in their homes. To that end, it is considering joint ventures like the one with Sega, but in other cases it may simply be the conduit through which other media companies transmit products...
Other companies have moved to defend their turf against the phone giant. In retaliation for AT&T's invasion of its credit-card market, American Express has formed a joint venture with long-distance rival Sprint. Alcatel, the French phone-equipment manufacturer, has entered a partnership with Sprint. And two weeks ago, British Telecom acquired a 20% stake in MCI. Says Ronald LeMay, president of the long-distance-service division of Sprint: "The more AT&T expands, the more allies it creates...
...three months of hearings, they wound up with a marathon three-day session that featured speeches by 56 Senators and 153 Representatives, all eager to protect the bases in their districts. Then, finally, the commissioners listened to Defense Secretary Les Aspin and General Colin Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who advised them firmly to stick to the Pentagon's plan for closures. "I believe my original recommendations are still correct," said Aspin...