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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...order the withdrawal of all U.S. military forces from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. It is no wonder that the people of Puerto Rico rejected Clinton's decision to continue bombing in Vieques for at least five more years. Clinton's refusal to permanently stop Navy bombardment let down the thousands of people who have been waiting for decades to reclaim the land they lived on before they were forcibly moved out by the U.S. Navy...

Author: By Hans S. Perl-matanzo, | Title: Clinton Disappoints Vieques | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...notice Nike is letting you design your own sneaker on its website. You can even ask for words to be emblazoned on the heel. Are there any words Nike won't let...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Dr. Notebook | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...anti-Castro cherub to keep the heat up on their political agenda and put pressure on Washington not to return the boy to his father, while the Cuban government is turning the issue into an epic Cold War crusade when all they really have to do is let the father travel to Miami and let any family court judge release Elian to him." But that would be passing up a propaganda gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Six-Year-Old's Plight Is a Gift to Havana | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...months, Moscow and Washington have quarreled over how many spies to let into each other's country under diplomatic cover. The Russians feel the U.S. has been stingy; the U.S. says the Russians have been "brazen and blatant," but "we've thwarted" them. The tension broke last week in Moscow with the arrest of Cheri Leberknight, 33, ostensibly a U.S. embassy official but actually a CIA spy, according to the Russians. More schoolmarm than Mata Hari in looks, she was snatched late Monday with "ink tablets for secret correspondence" and equipment for detecting surveillance, says Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Missed the Cold War, You'll Enjoy This | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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