Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cannot unseat Saddam, it can hamper his ability to wage war. The sustenance of the Iraqi population and the readiness of its fighting forces decline with each day they go without supplies from abroad. Four out of the last five Secretaries of Defense and the last chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff urge waiting for sanctions to further erode Iraq's military effectiveness before we consider attacking...
Although your article concerning There and Back: Notes from Abroad was a wonderful introduction to student contributions toward internationalization, an important point was completely overlooked: The event you covered was a joint magazine debut and holiday open house co-sponsored by Harvard-Radcliffe Students Abroad (HRSA) and HR-NEAR (Network for Educational Alternatives and Readjustment...
Desert Warrior Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became America's most saluted soldier as he guided the swift deployment of 280,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. His tough-guy image and smooth deskside manner have pundits speculating that Powell would be the perfect running mate for Bush...
...survey indicating that 70% of Slovaks wanted to stay in the federation, he took no chances. Stepping in with a request to rule by decree if necessary, Havel warned that if democracy failed, "we would be cursed by future generations." Negotiators took the hint and produced a compromise: joint stock ownership of utilities and a rotating chairmanship of the central bank. But a perverse question continues to haunt the new democracies eager to join modern Europe's mainstream: What if the right to choose translates into the decision to say "No, thanks" to democracy...
...total. That marked a mild gain over the previous two years, but is still low considering that blacks represent about 12.4% of the U.S. population. "If we were color- blind as a nation, then ending these scholarships would be understandable," says Gina Smith, 19, the first recipient of a joint Hope College-University of Michigan scholarship for minority students interested in medicine. "But we're not there...