Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard government department has two answers, a division which reflects a split among political scientists throughout academia...
...Each area has it's own unique concerns: the Yard has the freshmen, the Quad has the problem of the walk up and down Garden Street, the River has the problem of teenagers or homeless people roaming into the Houses," McCarthy says. "So that's why they're split up like that...
Saddam decided to take advantage of the deepening split in the council, moving to weaken the inspection team by barring Americans from it. But he "misread the importance of the split," said a senior U.N. official. Though divided on whether to continue sanctions, the Security Council members weren't about to let Saddam dictate who could be on their inspection team. France, Russia and China joined the U.S. in a Security Council statement threatening Iraq with "serious consequences" if it expelled the Americans. "Saddam Hussein has shot himself in the foot again," said State Department spokesman James Rubin...
...addition to running and catching for the Crimson, Patterson--an option quarterback in high school--has also thrown a 34-yard pass on a split end option...
...treaty. Says White House spokesman Mike McCurry: "He wanted to have a negotiating position that would at least get him a seat at the table." Figuring out how to do it, though, has been one of Clinton's toughest policy decisions, partly because there was such a deep split among his advisers. Environmental advocates clearly favored more drastic action, but economic aides warned that forcing companies to spend money on trimming emissions might slow the robust economy, which has been the best news of the Clinton presidency...