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Word: martialled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over campus, but better serving containers (open hot plates instead of those familiar silver buckets) keep food warmer and less soggy. And there is something to be said for presentation and for atmosphere. If the selections seem appetizing and enticing, and if there is no need for a martial arts degree in order to get at what you want, it would make sense that you'd have a more pleasurable meal...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Treat From HUDS | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

...East Timor may also have become the battleground that will settle the struggle for power in Indonesia itself. The crisis has shown the limits of civilian authority in Jakarta ? not only is President Habibie being ignored by his armed forces, but they actually forced him to reluctantly declare martial law in the territory after the referendum result was announced. Some analysts believe that East Timor may also have become caught in the crossfire of a struggle for power between different factions within the Indonesian military itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An East Timor Primer | 9/10/1999 | See Source »

...shopping mall near the Kremlin, which sparked speculation that a gangland turf battle was involved, or, conversely, that the attack was part of a pattern of provocation by unnamed forces in the corridors of power designed to create a climate of instability as an excuse for a declaration of martial law. That, in turn, would facilitate the cancellation of December?s parliamentary election and next year?s presidential poll. "Law enforcement here talks not about a list of suspects but a list of ?versions,?" says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. In the minds of Muscovites, all of the above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bomb Suspects? Russia's Teeming With Them | 9/9/1999 | See Source »

...Despite the saber rattling, however, neither Taiwan nor Washington believes any Chinese military action is imminent because even mere martial gestures carry political risks for Beijing. For instance, in 1996, when the Chinese fired missiles near Taiwan, the U.S. sent two naval battle groups into the area to signal its readiness to come to Taiwan?s aid. "It?s humiliating for the Chinese when they?re forced to back down in the face of U.S. military power," says Dowell. "They?re very aware of the need to avoid making huge threats from which they later have to back down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. To China: Don't Do Anything You'll Regret... | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

...charges against Buford Furrow was illegal possession of a firearm. Illegal, signifying that enforcement, not legislation, is the answer to keeping the rage of the crazies impotent. The police? At his press conference Wednesday, L.A. police Chief Bernard Parks resisted all his political urges and declared that martial law was not coming to the City of Angels. The "community" of Los Angeles, he hoped, would find a way to heal without a cop on every corner. The courts? Furrows had served his time for his confused knife-wielding at a mental-hostpital check-in desk; he was on probation because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sadly, There'll Always Be Another Buford Furrow | 8/12/1999 | See Source »

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