Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resolution is purposefully vague on the issue of disarming Somalis, yet this is already proving vexatious. Both Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have offered no specific guidelines on how far the troops ought to go in seizing weapons from the local populace, leaving commanders on the ground to figure out the details. Both have stressed, however, that troops will take whatever action they deem necessary when threatened. Pressed on more general plans for disarmament, Oakley said, "We plan to negotiate with the Somalis and have them...
...THAT Bill Clinton's election spells the end of politics as usual. Windows, a nonunion firm, last month submitted the apparent winning bid to cater the Inaugural luncheon on Capitol Hill. But then, Windows says, a labor official accused the company of misrepresenting itself as a union firm. The JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES subsequently reopened the bidding and awarded the job to a union shop. John Chambers, executive director of the joint committee, denied that Windows had ever officially won the deal...
...reflects in part the fact that few believe the Waleses' assurance that they have no plans to divorce. Royal credibility is low on such matters. When Princess Margaret and Princess Anne ended their marriages, the announcements were similar, but divorce followed. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York released a joint statement that the breakup does not affect Charles' future position as head of the Church of England. But that church frowns on divorce. As to remarriage, the stricture is so firm that Princess Anne went to Scotland last Saturday to wed Commander Timothy Laurence...
Papaioannou, Schama's wife, was offered a tenured position at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons more than a year ago. She said she and her husband are considering a "joint move" to New York City...
Mone said the decision to settle had been made by Bean-Bayog's insurance company, the Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts, but that the doctor had agreed with...