Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...west, demobilization of Mengistu's army -- with no road map to guide it. Where most of black Africa has opted to quell tribal rivalry by imposing strict one-party rule, Meles has embarked on a daring multiparty experiment that acknowledges ethnic differences. But many of the country's 70- odd ethnic groups continue to view one another over the barrels of the guns that were never confiscated when the civil war ended. "This is a country without any democratic experience," says Meles, "plunging into it with arms in hand...
...Pentagon policy: I believe any officer with combat experience considers it reasonable. I have worked with at least several homosexuals during my 40-odd years in banking. I am opposed to any discrimination in housing, employment or any other situation where close physical contact and strict discipline is not mandatory--as it is in positions of military command. My reason for saying that is that many people consider homosexuals to be abnormal, and unfortunately they are often the objects of scorn and abuse. As wrong as that is, it is just what we call human nature, and it will take...
...downright bizarre. Adams depicts a deliberately contrived quasi-symmetry. He places his face on the lens of the camera and against a background created by the mirror of the title. This effect jars both the eye and the mind--particularly the former in light of Adams's odd, transfixed expression. Again, the viewer wonders at the implicit contrast to Adams's pristine landscapes. When viewing these photographs, one might also consider how Adams addresses issues like the onslaught of industry and the alienation of the artist...
...second big CUFOS project involves an investigation of an alleged UFO crash that occurred in Roswell, New Mexico, in July, 1947. Several people saw the alleged crash, which supposedly left behind a significant amount of physical debris--including an odd, tin-foil like metal that could not be cut, a "weird balsa wood-like substance with odd characters on it," and, Eberhart believes, alien crew members' bodies...
Despite their evident mutual admiration and shared passion for business, the Robinsons remain a bit of an odd couple in the eyes of some observers. "Linda's sort of Hollywood," says author Michael Thomas, a former investment banker. "I just don't think Jimmy's cut out for that. He is a man perfectly fitted to have been Eisenhower's Secretary of the Treasury...