Word: returns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next day, I was awakened again at 7 a.m., this time by a woman with a heavy Irish accent, who threatened to have me Ad-Boarded and to have "my privileges revoked" if I didn't return the key to a Paine Hall practice room right away. Once I realized she was talking about my roommate, I put her on hold and tried to find him. He wasn't home...
Then there was the time the same roommate comped dorm crew: he cleaned our bathroom, and then promptly left all the mops in our suite, assuring us he'd return them the following day. The next morning, at 7 a.m., we received a phone call from an irate dorm crew captain. "Return the stuff or he's fired," she said. Since my roommate was practicing the piano in Paine Hall (more on that in a minute), I had to trudge over to Weld--through the snow--to return the mops...
...shining key sitting on his desk, on top of a note reading: "Note to Self: Don't forget to return this by tomorrow morning." I sighed. And made the trek out to Paine Hall, in the snow...
...familiar endgame. UNSCOM workers are returning to Baghdad; they'll resume weapons inspections Tuesday. Iraqi newspapers are declaring victory in the standoff, because it drew attention once more to their country's plight under sanctions. The Clinton administration warily awaits the return of the inspectors and talks half-heartedly about restoring funding to the depleted Iraqi opposition in absentia. And the U.S. and Britain rattle some more sabers at Saddam, insisting that it'll be different next time. "Force will be used with no further warning if compliance is not forthcoming," said Britain's U.N. ambassador Jeremy Greenock...
...anything really changed? Certainly not on paper. Iraqi Deputy PM Tariq Aziz made a point of mentioning that the U.N. inspectors can return to their duties "according to the memorandum of understanding" -- the agreement inked with Kofi Annan last time round. In fact, the rhetoric on all sides has not advanced one jot. There are the same vague assurances of a sanctions review from the secretary general, and the same refusal to talk about sanctions in Washington. Even the military, which came less than 30 minutes away from air strikes this weekend, is getting used to the routine. "This...