Word: minuses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Taliban. (So far, there are few signs of mass defection.) But the other crucial factor shaping the political guidelines for the conduct of the war is the U.S. reliance on Pakistan, which is firmly opposed to the Northern Alliance taking Kabul. Islamabad, instead, wants to rehabilitate the Taliban, minus Mullah Omar and Bin Laden, and give it an important role in a new government - a prospect rejected by the Northern Alliance...
...Omar, and his close comrade Osama bin Laden, and to join a broadly-based government. Pakistani officials reportedly held meetings in Islamabad with Taliban foreign minister Mullah Mutawakil even as Secretary of State Colin Powell was visiting the city on Tuesday, and its efforts to salvage an "acceptable" Taliban minus the Al Qaeda connection are likely to intensify. Powell and Musharraf on Tuesday both emphasized a role for moderate Taliban elements in a future government, although the Northern Alliance immediately rejected any Taliban presence in a future political arrangement...
...Middle East, then we need to capture more supply from the OPEC and non-OPEC nations currently supplying us to replace the 2.5 million BPD we get from the Persian Gulf. According to the Energy Information Administration of the DOE, such alternatives are available. Russia exports a net (production minus internal consumption) 4.3 million BPD alone, of which we capture virtually nothing. Norway exports 3.1 million BPD, of which we get only 10 percent. Venezuela, an exporter of 2.7 million BPD, sends only 55 percent, or 1.5 million BPD to the U.S. Nigeria exports 1.9 million BPD, of which only...
Factoring in sacks and tackles for losses, Cornell ended the day with minus-three rushing yards...
...Members of the House and Senate leadership have cars, drivers and safe houses to go to (albeit minus spouses) in emergencies. But everyone else is on their own, which is why the rank and file suffer from White House envy. Every time one congressman hears that Vice President Dick Cheney is off in a secure location, he fumes, "What are we, chopped liver...