Word: kept
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shells--at least a dozen--fell on the unprotected civilians for 11 or 12 minutes while U.N. officials frantically tried to get the Israelis to stop. Even after the official request had been made and acknowledged by Israel, one to two minutes into the barrage, the guns kept firing. Says U.N. spokesman Timor Goksel: "We asked Israel several times to stop firing on the Fijian headquarters, telling them that we had civilian victims, but in vain...
...resolving a number of other issues during several months of negotiations, the remaining points of contention centered on environmental issues. Clinton objected to Republican riders on several bills that would have increased logging in the Tongass, limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate sensative wetlands areas, and kept several species off the Endangered Species list. The President needed to take a stand to appease "green" voters, irate at his decision to allow logging in old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest (a change of policy Clinton has called "a mistake"). White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said...
...after a State Department official said that the administration tacitly approved the 1994 arms transfers because of the Bosnians' desperate military situation. "President Clinton's policy of virtually inviting Iran into Europe could have disastrous results for America," said Gingrich. "The president undertook this reckless policy hastily and then kept it secret from Congress, the American people and our European allies." While the GOP will try to get as much political mileage as possible out of the inquiry, TIME's James Carney says it's not likely to be a major issue in the fall. "This is an issue that...
...Russian and want to reunite with Moscow. But if a leader does emerge who is respected by all factions, especially the fighters, Yeltsin will have someone to negotiate with." Even as Russia looks for negotiators, the fighting continues. Russian aircraft bombarded rebels in southeast Chechnya Thursday, while Chechen fighters kept up their nightly attacks against federal troops in Grozny...
...after a State Department official said that the administration tacitly approved the 1994 arms transfers because of the Bosnians' desperate military situation. "President Clinton's policy of virtually inviting Iran into Europe could have disastrous results for America," said Gingrich. "The president undertook this reckless policy hastily and then kept it secret from Congress, the American people and our European allies." While the GOP will try to get as much political mileage as possible out of the inquiry, TIME's James Carney says it's not likely to be a major issue in the fall. "This is an issue that...