Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue threatened to divide the leaders more than the farm subsidies, it was the proposal to provide joint financial aid to the Soviet Union...
Nelson Mandela's historic address to a joint meeting of Congress, George Bush's retraction of his no-new-taxes pledge, the savings and loan crisis -- none of these issues could hold Washington's attention for long last week. The topic dominating front pages and TV news broadcasts, gossip on the Metro and at the State Department was a fuzzy 83-minute black-and-white videotape played at the trial of Marion Barry. It showed the three-term mayor of the nation's capital rolling around on a bed in a downtown hotel room with a former girlfriend...
While Motorola stands ready to supply the handsets (initial price: $3,500 apiece), the company will need investment partners to finance the estimated $2.3 billion cost of building and launching the network of 700-lb. satellites. The firm is negotiating a joint venture with British Telecom, as well as with potential investors in Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. Motorola estimates that Iridium will need 700,000 users to become profitable. While that is roughly equivalent to the Pittsburgh white pages, it is less than 1% of the 100 million people around the world who are expected to be using cellular...
...restaurant in Moss Landing. Several years ago, the alert wife of oceanographer Christopher Grech saw the relics and told her husband. He found Canepa, who recalled where he had snagged the pieces. The Navy's sub crew located the Macon on its first dive. Several museums have proposed joint recovery operations with the Navy so that the Macon can rise again and not be forgotten...
...White House. He visited black neighborhoods, churches and colleges, which he has supported for decades. And if Bush has not named a lot of blacks to Government posts, those blacks he has selected have been appointed to prominent jobs. The best example: General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The strategy is working: 56% of blacks say they approve of Bush's performance as President...