Word: send
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Within the shelter of the Senate, the independence has brought Dole his finest moments. Most of Dole's Republican colleagues howled last year when he signaled his support for Clinton's decision to send troops to Bosnia. But when he went even further and decided to lead the fight for Clinton, they nearly revolted. At a private meeting, the G.O.P. Senators argued the mission was dangerous for the G.I.s and political folly for Republicans. Dole listened quietly while the assault continued for an hour, and though he would win over only 28 Republicans in the end, Dole was unfazed, even...
...Sure, if we got lucky, dug into the soil and came up with a little plant, we could detect that," says Norm Haynes, director of the Mars Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "But there's nothing we can send from Earth that can even begin to duplicate what the people who studied the Martian meteorite...
...conduct experiments that subtle, it may be necessary not just to send a spacecraft to Mars but to bring a bit of Mars back to Earth. "It's always been clear that we're aiming for a sample-return mission," says Haynes. "A recent study projects one around 2005, but with more money we could probably do it sooner...
...airline supervisor, I would send bogus bombs twice a day through airport-security X-ray machines, and several of them went frighteningly undetected. There are an infinite number of ways to put explosives on airplanes, but we trust that no one would be insane enough to try it. If the White House really wants to do something about airline safety, it needs to take off its blinders. Ask airline employees, airport staff or even travelers for the facts. Naivete is going to be the demise of this country. TRACY SCHADEBERG Laguna Hills, California...
...such hidden stores. According to the terms of the Dayton agreement, each of the former warring parties in Bosnia is supposed to declare all weapons and military materiel so the UN and NATO can implement an equitable arms control agreement. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the seizure would send a strong message to anyone violating the accord, but sounded a note of reality as well. "We always knew the Dayton agreement was complex and would need constant monitoring and attention," Christopher said, adding he was unsurprised by the discovery, or indications it will be followed by more...