Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ships stood by to receive the Commander in Chief and his advisers. Congress had its own top-secret relocation center buried beneath the Greenbrier, a five-star resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Outfitted with its own Senate and House chambers, as well as a vast hall for joint sessions, the facility was code-named "Casper," and only half a dozen members of Congress knew it existed...
...allowed to charge fees. All these illogicalities add up to an attempt to legislate morality, to create laws that would be based on social engineering instead of sound legal principles. The surrogate mother is stigmatized as selfish and greedy, an image that will make surrogates' struggle for visitation or joint custody rights all the more difficult...
...People are curious," says Scudder, who serveson the Design School area's "joint council," anegotiating body of elected union members andappointed administrators. For every department,library or area, a joint council meets regularlythroughout the year. In addition, each group ofapproximately 33 union members elects arepresentative to the union as a whole...
Other performers are opting for a high-concept strategy instead of the high- tech approach. Elton John and Eric Clapton have teamed up for a joint tour that will play stadiums in New York and Los Angeles this month. Heavy-metal masters Guns N' Roses and Metallica, who recently completed separate arena tours, have joined for a circuit of stadium concerts in 22 cities across the country, through Sept. 4. The combined show, with an opening act by Faith No More and full sets from Metallica and Guns N' Roses, lasts 5 1/2 hours, at the end of which Guns...
Some Republicans and reporters speculated that Secretary of State James Baker, who is expected next month to assume joint command of the Bush campaign and White House -- and who opposed the choice of Quayle in 1988 -- wants him replaced. Officials friendly with Baker, however, deny this, explaining that Baker's own presidential ambitions would not be served if one of his potential rivals in 1996 -- say, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney -- were elevated to the vice presidency...