Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some American leaders believe the large, flexible and dominating forces the U.S. now commands are essential to retaining superpower status. Says General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "I want to be the biggest bully on the block." Large, highly capable forces are likely to make aggressors think twice about risking a fight with the U.S. And if a fight does break out, overwhelming American power might end it quickly and keep casualties...
Allen's argument goes like this: Once upon a time, he and Mia were together, adopted kids, had one. When they stopped having sex, it was as if they were divorced but retained joint custody of the children. He was surely divorced emotionally; he could see no betrayal of Mia by turning to Soon-Yi. Perhaps Mia was still in love with him, assuming she had any love left over. But if Farrow's love turned to total obsession -- the woman-scorned syndrome, which could provoke fantasies of child abuse -- Allen's had long since become total detachment. That...
...that grandchild came to you and admitted that he had once smoked marijuana while listening to a bootlegged Megadeth tape on a Sony Walkman, and that he had passed the joint on to a multicultural friend of uncertain sexual orientation, and that a spaced-out biker at the same party had cursed all politicians who favor crash-helmet laws...
...Corporation made its decision after Bell presented a three-hour appeal before an unprecedented meeting of the Joint Committee of Appointments convened last month especially on Bell's behalf...
...imposed martial law. Below Beach's office in the White House's East Wing was the presidential bunker, complete with food, sophisticated communications equipment and torches for cutting out of the twisted rubble. In charge of the bunker was a young officer named William Crowe, later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...