Word: obtainable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weapons inspector that Iraq has enough biological or chemical arms to "blow away Tel Aviv" has elicited Pentagon-like tough talk from Israeli officials. "Surely Iraq must know that it will not pay to attack Israel," government spokesman David Bar-Ilan told Reuters. Israelis are being told to obtain gas masks nonetheless...
...behavior to explain coming up empty-handed. Executives at the unit of giant General Electric called the contract bids "reckless," saying it wasn't worth more than $340 million a year to keep the AFC rights, the weakest in the package, or more than $500 million a year to obtain Monday Night, considered the strongest. "There was no chance of making money in this deal," said Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, after the announcements. "I'll guess [it's] a loss of $150 million to $175 million a year. We simply don't believe in being associated with that...
...honorable discharge for homosexuality, McVeigh (no relation to the Oklahoma City bomber) has taken his case to federal court. His argument: the Navy broke both its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy by scouting out his online profile and the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act by failing to obtain a court order before asking AOL for his name. "I'm shocked that the Navy can violate Department of Defense and Navy regulations, as well as federal law," says McVeigh, whose dismissal is on hold while his case is under review...
Bundy never distributed the agenda for his Faculty meetings, which often meant opponents of his moves were not present to vote against him. The Crimson, however, would obtain Bundy's agenda and print it, encouraging Bundy's opponents to attend the meetings and sometimes foiling his plans, according to the same Crimson editor...
...that the object of their conspiracy was to kill and injure innocent persons and to damage property of the United States. The grand jury charges that McVeigh and Nichols planned the act of violence and McVeigh attempted to recruit others to assist. The grand jury charges the two men obtained and attempted to obtain the components, including a truck, ammonium nitrate, racing and diesel fuel, detonation cord and other explosive materials. The grand jury charges they used storage units to conceal the bomb components and stolen property that was sold to help finance their act of violence. The grand jury...