Word: overnighting
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...Last but not least: back in 1986, I was one of those Soviet citizens who worked for the U.S Embassy in Moscow, and were ordered out overnight by the Soviet government to retaliate their having over 50 Soviet diplomats expelled from the U.S. The techniques were much the same, except the cops didn't harass us at home. It was a masterly Cold War stroke, as withdrawing Soviet support staff totally paralyzed the U.S. embassy for months. However, it was one of the very last such strokes, as the Cold War was dying rather than it being a sign...
...with me as well. What a secret!" Mansfield wanted to know which weekend she meant and what was this secret? This time, Burrell refused to talk. But it looks like the letter will do the talking for him. Just before proceedings adjourned, Judge Baker insisted that Burrell take an overnight trip to his house in Cheshire - over 150 miles (245 kilometers) out of London - to get the letter and bring it back to court the next day. The question is, how far will the butler go to keep a secret...
...proposals, both foreign and domestic, have not yet been fleshed out. His research department is thinly staffed, and his press shop is constantly overwhelmed. His fundraising operation remains a bit of an unproven mystery. Chip Saltsman, the campaign manager, said the conversation about new hires would begin on the overnight plane ride. "This is a campaign that has been taking fire nationally for a while now," he said. "We knew we were going to have to get bigger...
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu arrived in Nairobi overnight after being dispatched by Nelson Mandela's high-profile mediation group The Elders. However, Tutu's efforts to broker a compromise between the two sides had little immediate success. While he met Odinga, Tutu told a press conference he was unable to make an appointment with Kibaki. "This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability," said Tutu. "This picture has been shattered. This is not the Kenya that we know...
...town, where some 2,000 Taliban fighters are believed to be holed up, was surrounded on Friday by British and Afghan forces, in preparation for an airborne assault by U.S. troops expected overnight in a drive to recapture the town. Musa Qala was captured by the Taliban in February of this year, without a shot being fired - they simply rolled into town and planted their flag after British forces withdrew, having brokered an agreement with local tribal elders to keep the peace. And the radical movement fighting to expel foreign forces from Afghanistan and reimpose its harsh brand of Islamic...