Word: rammed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defensive and dangerous attitude on the part of the Chinese, Wu Jianmin, China's delegate to the U.N., explained the vote as a "victory for cooperation over confrontation." Denial, as my younger brother reminds me, is not just a river in Egypt; in fact, it seems to flow ram pant through China...
...with CD-ROM disks, DVD disks will first take the form of read-only devices (DVD-ROM). However, manufacturers are already working on a rewritable version of the disk (DVD-RAM) that will allow you to store and erase data from the disk just as with current floppy and hard disks. As a result, CDs would become a more attractive data backup option and there would be consolidation of multi-disk packages, such as electronic encyclopedias and phone directories...
...workers will not have the last word on this." The strike will force Chrysler to shut down production at four assembly plants on Friday, affecting another 12,000 employees, since the engines built at the Mound Road plant are used by the others to produce Chrysler's Dodge Ram, Dakota pickup trucks and the popular Jeep Grand Cherokee. Company executives are expected to solve the dispute quickly - both in truth to its reputation and because each day of the strike results in at least $11 million in lost net income...
...only to save a woman's life. This gave Clinton the green light to label the bill as somewhat unnecessary. Several weeks ago, however, Fitzsimmons said his assurance was misleading and that the procedure was in fact commonly performed. The recantation may have given Republicans the belief they could ram an unedited bill through the White House. "We need to pass this bill again and give it to the president, give him another chance to do the right thing," said Rules Committee Chairman Gerald Solomon during pre-vote hearings, "because the only reason he vetoed it was because of those...
...decision of some of the members of the GOP to attend the seminar this year is based less on the trends at the Kennedy School and more on nationwide political shifts. The Republicans held their own conference in 1994 to ideologically mobilize their freshmen representatives in an attempt to ram the Contract with America through Congress in 100 days. Their legislative failure and Newt Gingrich's political freefall have led the GOP to attempt to adopt a more centrist demeanor...