Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second, Thatcher might have launched a war on the Irish Republican Army, but it was under her government that Britain and Ireland first made joint efforts to make peace in Northern Ireland. Finally, DeDeo presents Thatcher's confrontation with Arthur Scargill's coal unions as economically disruptive--never mind that the 1980s were on the whole a boom-time for the English economy. Thatcher's actions against the overpowerful unions were actually key to the restructuring of Britain that went on during her tenure...
...chunk of the center, whose support depends on continued progress with Arafat. Another factor, the Americans at Wye observed, was how well the next generation of Israeli and Palestinian officials got along. While the leaders sometimes screamed and raged, the younger ones, who know one another from joint service on technical committees, called one another by their first names, joked around and never raised their voices...
...cracked furnace or cheap Christmas lights sparking on the rug. Sometimes I picture a modern-day Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca standing in the upstairs window, her mad hair swathed in flames, or the first Mrs. Rochester from Jane Eyre as she raves on the roof before torching the joint...
...beginning of the season, they were. They lost the first three games, and the press went nuts, digging up the statistic that no team ever had lost the first four games and then won a World Series. Shortly thereafter, a giant expansion joint crashed down in Yankee Stadium, forcing the team to play temporarily at Shea Stadium...
John Pitkin, co-chair of the Joint Committee for Neighborhood and Harvard Consultation said, "Mr. Cobb did Harvard's homework, a sign that Harvard has paid attention to the issues...