Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...current U.S. military intervention to provide protection for food distribution, even though the U.N. had received no official invitation. When the two sides in El Salvador's civil war could not agree on a land-distribution plan that was crucial to a peace accord, the U.N. proposed its own scheme. In Cambodia the U.N. has a broader -- and, many say, more trying -- charge than in any other operation it has mounted...
...heroes were represented is hokum: exactly the same changes of style occurred in cities, like Olympia, that were run by tyrants. The fact that modern Greeks apparently want to believe it -- this being a time of superchauvinism in Greece, as in other Balkan countries -- means nothing, except in the scheme of simplistic politico-cultural fantasy. You might as well claim that Abstract Expressionism was "caused" by the election of Harry Truman. Nevertheless, such is the show's political motive, and it seems a poor pretext for taking great art and jetting it to America like so many get-well cards...
...changing the terms of reference is tomorrow's problem. To push far- reaching reforms like an overhaul of the nation's health-care system, and to ensure that any temporary fiscal stimulus is inextricably tied to a long- term deficit-reduction scheme, Clinton had to decide how exactly to spread the bad news he got at Blair House. He had already become famous for downplaying whatever encouraging economic statistics have come along, and he followed suit within hours of Blair House. But he knew the mega-message would be better received if it were broached first by a third party...
...years. In addition, at least 20 of Rostenkowski's former and current staff members have been called to testify. Federal prosecutors are trying to learn whether Rostenkowski and other legislators made efforts to coerce staff members into shielding them from criminal charges by taking responsibility for the alleged scheme. So far, Rostenkowski has spent more than $91,000 from his campaign fund to pay his legal fees and those of his staff...
...drug conviction, last week described the probe simply as "an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations relating to operations of the House post office and efforts to obstruct that investigation." TIME has learned, however, that investigators believe the stamp purchases make up only a small part of a larger scheme to launder campaign funds and convert them for personal use. Subpoenas issued in the case have made it clear that investigators are looking into whether lawmakers or their aides illegally channeled campaign contributions through the House post office...