Word: redraws
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...schools and hospitals in majority Serb areas to undermine Pristina's authority. Once talks begin, many Albanians expect Belgrade to push for partition of the province, leaving the majority Serb areas in the north under its control. But Albanians reject the idea. Western diplomats are also reluctant to redraw borders. They hope to meet Serb security concerns by granting them more local control over institutions like schools and the police. Mindful of his new responsibilities, Rexhepi agrees: "My message to Kosovar Serbs is, Kosovo is your land. But you have to have the courage to say we want...
It’s been just under two weeks since the Maintenance Trade Council (MTC) rejected a new work contract, leaving Harvard about 13 days to redraw its terms before hundreds of unionized workers can shelve their tools, terminate their existing contracts and announce a strike...
...That discrepancy may explain why President Bush's approval Wednesday of Sharon's plan to unilaterally redraw the de facto boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians has provoked a chorus of criticism in the Middle East and Europe. Perhaps mindful of the inevitable backlash, President Bush framed his endorsement of Israel's claim to keep the bulk of its settlements in the West Bank as consistent with previous peace plans. "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will...
...attacking his plan to evacuate 7,500 Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip. "Why can't you be the man you once were?" shouted the man, a settler named Nissim Slomiansky. "Be the old Arik?" Slomiansky accused Sharon of selling out longtime comrades in his single-minded quest to redraw Israel's borders according to his own design. After listening to several minutes of invective, Sharon turned wearily to the minister seated next to him. "Doesn't he understand," the Prime Minister whispered, "that it's impossible to go back...
...series of such back-and-forth sessions that Rumsfeld crafted the war on Iraq. Normally, combatant commanders like former Centcom chief General Tommy Franks would take their plans to Washington for quick approval; under Rumsfeld, Franks had to redraw them repeatedly. Other generals were alarmed to see a Defense Secretary get so far down in the weeds of a military operation. Not since Robert McNamara's Pentagon had civilian authority reached so deeply into the order of battle. Both men played down this back-and-forth at the time. Franks has since told his fellow generals that the early sparring...