Word: protecters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...banks unaffected by legislation before Congress. The couple could have borrowed against another book advance, but then the book contract might look like a bribe. A legal defense fund, paid for by private citizens, was ruled out for an obvious reason: Why remind the public again that the rich protect the powerful...
...what's happened in eastern Zaire. Relief workers say several refugee camps, each of which held tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees only a few days ago, are entirely deserted -- and no one knows what happened to the people. Rebel forces had sealed the area off Monday, allegedly to protect the Rwandan Hutu refugees against rampaging villagers. When U.N. aide workers were allowed to return to the camps days later, no one was left. Refugees have abandoned the camps before, usually when rebels approached and chased them away. But always they have left behind hundreds or thousands of people...
...final work of the first gallery is an imposing monumental image attributed to the Northern Sung painter Fan Kuan, one of the acknowledged masters of Northern Sung landscape painting. Even under the dim lighting to protect the fragile works, one can still discern the painstaking brushwork and elaborate design that many associate with the austerity of Daoism and the harsh climate of Northern China...
...debated global chemical weapons treaty neared a final floor vote. The White House won crucial support from a number of wavering Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, after President Clinton offered last-minute assurances that the U.S. would withdraw from the treaty if it ever becomes necessary to protect America against the spread of chemical weapons. Despite strong opposition from many of his conservative colleagues, Lott hailed the offer as an "ironclad commitment" from the White House and said the U.S. will be "marginally better off with it than without it." With some 17 Republicans pinning their decisions...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: One day before a crucial Senate vote on the chemical weapons treaty, Bill Clinton got backing from an unexpected source: Bob Dole. Citing alterations in the treaty language, Dole said "there are now adequate safeguards to protect American interests." Dole's support could provide crucial political cover to Trent Lott and other wavering Senate Republicans, TIME's Jef McAllister notes. "Dole has always been closer to the internationalist wing than to the isolationists that Helms has marshaled against the treaty." While White House officials hoped that Dole's endorsement would give them the needed votes, spokesman Mike McCurry...