Word: jointly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another likely target city, New York, the FBI and local police have established joint contingency plans to deal with terrorist attacks. Nevertheless, says an FBI official, "a determined nut can do great damage before you can neutralize him." For example, four men and two women said to be members of a terrorist group known as the United Freedom Front were able to set off ten bombs in military-reserve centers and corporate facilities in the New York City area before they were apprehended. The group was finally convicted of multiple conspiracy and bombing charges in federal court last month...
...drum rolling dramatized Ronald Reagan's world view in action. It also illustrated some of the frustrations of putting that view into action. Leaks about the details of the proposed operation prompted pressure from the National Security Council to postpone action. In addition, Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was concerned that more firepower was necessary, and the CIA needed to extract key Libyan agents from the country. But the more vexing problems were the political ones. Reagan and his advisers found themselves caught between their immediate temptation to strike Libya as they had warned they...
Although Harvard and Wellesley no longer schedule joint social events, the Wellesley student government continues to run buses which drop students off at Johnston Gate...
Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28 defended the decision at the time, saying, "It doesn't make a great deal of sense to continue the all-male sections in Lamont. After all, this is a joint education...
...bash each other around in court. IBM, for example, used the law to sue Hitachi for theft of confidential technology, and reportedly pocketed a settlement of $300 million. New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner aimed RICO against investment partners whom he charged with selling him their interests in a joint venture without informing him of all necessary facts. Dubious charges of racketeering are especially common in takeover attempts. When Corporate Raider Carl Icahn moved in on Dan River Inc. in 1982, the company tried to fend him off with a RICO suit. A business-world hardballer Icahn...