Word: parcelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...further demonstration of the rebel power to use terrorism against Russians, Shamil Basayev, a Chechen military leader, directed a television-news crew in Moscow to a radioactive parcel buried in one of the city's public parks. He told journalists in a previously filmed interview, "People these days say we are always bluffing...but remember that we are completely prepared to commit acts of terrorism that will be tangible for Russia.'' Basayev has to be taken seriously: last June he led a Chechen raid on the Russian town of Budyonnovsk that left a score of local policemen dead...
...acre garden is part of a parcel of land next to the Arboretum owned by the State Laboratory for Disease Control. It contains more than 3,000 plots cultivated by local residents and lab employees, according to garden coordinators...
...House's deregulators are busy on several other fronts as well. They have rescinded a law that required firms to provide communities with information about the release of toxic substances. The House has also approved specific rule relaxations that will affect grocery stores, auto dealers, truckers and the United Parcel Service. Revenge is hard work--but sweet...
...Graduate education is all about training students to be scholars. Graduate students are part and parcel of the research entity," Shepsle said. "The relationship is very tight. The only way to remain excited is to remain active in research...
...year at a major airline. And few jobs remain so overwhelmingly dominated by white males--97%. "Airlines only hired us because they were sued," says Patrice Clarke Washington, the first black female to gain her stripes as a captain at a major airline, United Parcel Service...