Word: keyed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also not something you'll find by taking the Crimson Key tour or joining every club at the activities fair. It might catch you off-guard one night walking across the Yard late at night, or perhaps as you sit in the library studying for the 18th hour for your exam the next morning...
...key question may be the intentions of the Indonesian military inside East Timor. Habibie's announcement stressed that Indonesia plans to keep its troops there after peacekeepers arrive, even though the army's top commanders acknowledge that they've lost control of rogue elements in their ranks. Presumably those elements aren't going to turn into Boy Scouts when a battalion of Australian troops comes marching down the road. So this particular "peacekeeping" operation may end up looking more like a counterinsurgency campaign. Joining the Aussies will be British Gurkhas and troops from Malaysia, New Zealand, France, Thailand, the Philippines...
...What is U.S. policy on East Timor? The U.S. had tacitly supported Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor because Indonesia was its key southeast Asian ally during the Cold War. Over the next decade, Washington routinely voted against U.N. resolutions recognizing East Timor's independence and urging Indonesia's withdrawal. With Cold War concerns a thing of the past, however, the U.S. now wants Indonesia to respect the will of East Timor's people as expressed democratically through August's referendum. But Indonesia's economic and political centrality to the region, and its potential instability, make Washington cautious about...
...key is to move quickly: These prices are only the starting point; actual tabs could run quite a bit higher. Members of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee expect 10 percent of the first tickets made public to be auctioned off online. And who is looking out for the downtrodden members of the International Olympic Committee? Organizers are quick to assure the press that members of the IOC will be asked to pay for their own tickets. ?They?ll probably say no,? SLOC president Mitt Romney said at a press conference Thursday. ?But there?s no harm in asking.? Romney shouldn...
...number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...