Word: partially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short-range nuclear forces (SNF) in Europe. West Germany won agreement that bargaining would indeed begin, but not until conventional-arms reductions were under way, which would be 1992 at the earliest. Britain and the U.S. held fast for agreement that such talks would aim at only a partial reduction of U.S. and Soviet warheads and not, as Bonn wanted, at their complete elimination...
...same sequence characterized the council's protest of proposed changes in the freshperson housing lottery. At first centered on the Yard, opposition to partial randomization of house assignments soon became a council issue. The council was likewise quick to take partial credit when the plan was overturned...
...like books. It's very interesting," saysVerba. "The information technology business isactually one of the most fascinating intellectualproblems around. It's kind of an interesting,partial-shifting of gears...
...NTSB issued a report finding that the FAA bore partial responsibility for last year's accident in which the top of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore apart in midair, killing a flight attendant. The FAA allegedly neglected to monitor carefully Aloha's maintenance procedures and failed to enforce closer inspections in the airline industry even after stress cracks had been found in older planes...
...such conundrum: Who should be held accountable for the Iran-contra affair? Last week a jury in Washington rendered a judgment on retired Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North. But it was a verdict equivocal enough for both the defendant and the prosecutor to hail it. North proclaimed a "partial vindication" because he was found not guilty of nine felony charges. Prosecutor John W. Keker asserted that North's convictions on three other counts demonstrated "the principle that no man is above...