Word: optioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Washington appears to be considering a policy option that could restart the Kosovo war. The Washington Post reports Friday that U.S. policy on Kosovo has discreetly shifted in favor of accepting independence for the territory. Although formally both State Department and National Security Council officials insisted Washington remains opposed to the idea, a number of senior officials confirmed privately that policy was now being guided by the inevitability of independence. Such a policy shift would not only raise the danger of renewed conflict in the region, but could also pose problems for U.S. leadership in resolving future international conflicts...
Another alternative would be to shift the shuttleboy program to another student's account. But Malan said each time the program changes hands, each shuttleboy user would have to reconfigure their account--making this option impractical...
...unheard of...but we didn't have an option," McNitt says...
Some may ask, why can't we decide how many people we want to block with ourselves? The answer is simple: If they are not compelled otherwise, students will too often chose the easier option of a larger group. And that's not what's best for undergraduate life...
After a year of work, a committee of Undergraduate Council members and University Information Systems (UIS) officials announced yesterday a new phone service system which will lower long-distance rates for all students and offer another pricing option...