Word: redrawn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...State Department. The President rehearsed with aides in the Oval Office minutes before he was to step onto the sunny lawn, where 3,000 of the old warriors and the new trustees of peace had been summoned. For four days the diagram of the proceedings had been drawn and redrawn, the seven chief figures moved like chessmen on their tiny stage, chairs put in the blueprint, then withdrawn, until finally it was agreed they all would stand to talk, sit to sign, stand again. Clinton was to act as stage manager. He would reach for the hand of Rabin...
VISITORS TO MOSCOW this summer need not worry about finding their way around. From Northern Cartographic in Burlington, Vt., comes this user-friendly tourist map that identifies all rechristened streets and landmarks. It even , directs homesick junk foodies to McDonald's. Where did such meticulous accuracy come from? From "redrawn" CIA maps...
...point is that no one should have to endure that kind of behavior, men or women, from a superior or an equal, and be afraid of speaking out. This situation demonstrates that rules for professional interaction must be redrawn. Women and men will learn to co-exist and work together peacefully only if people reconsider the distinction between sexual conversation and sexual aggression. Only through serious consideration of claims of harassment and a careful analysis of the kinds of verbal and non-verbal messages that are being sent can we make sure that the workplace is free of sexual intimidation...
...groups can work together. Last year Hispanic activists won a major victory when a federal judge ruled that the Los Angeles County board of supervisors had gerrymandered election districts to prevent Latino candidates from winning a seat on the powerful governing body, and ordered the lines to be redrawn. The case had been brought under the Voting Rights Act, one of the major fruits of the black civil rights struggle, and it resulted in the election last February of Gloria Molina, the first Hispanic supervisor since...
...figures from the 1990 Census -- the final tallies won't be available until after July 15 -- depict a nation that has been growing more rapidly and in more complex patterns than ever before. And with the large majority of congressional and legislative districts in the country scheduled to be redrawn over the next 18 months, it is proving one of the most controversial counts in history. Last week a Census Bureau survey indicated that the overall population figure of 248.7 million -- representing a jump of about 10% in a decade -- had missed some 4 million to 6 million U.S. residents...