Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After halftime, the Crimson came out looking to strike back quickly, and continually worked the right side of the midfield early...
...boost each side's confidence. The Syrians claim that Israel, during Rabin's tenure, agreed to hand back the entire Golan Heights. Damascus now demands that negotations begin with that concession in the bag. Barak's government counters that whatever Rabin offered was hypothetical, and the only way to strike a deal is to resume the bargaining. Syria may eventually agree. "Assad has made a strategic decision for peace," says Uri Savir, who headed Israel's delegation during the previous talks with Syria. Says a Western diplomat: "If Assad gets his basic demands, he will sign a treaty. You couldn...
Until recently, Ellis fought back against the press the old-fashioned way--issuing forceful denials and filing the occasional libel lawsuit. Last week, though, he launched an unprecedented pre-emptive strike. With ABC's 20/20 preparing a segment about his San Diego-based diet empire, Ellis took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and other newspapers, directing readers to a website newsinterview.com where they can see the newsmagazine's full, unedited interview with him, before ABC airs its own snippets...
Once again the Huskies threatened to immediately counter a Crimson strike, but freshman forward Philomena Gambale saved the team...
What?s behind this turnaround? The admissions are one part reparative public relations, one part preemptive strike. "The tobacco companies know that no one believed their old line anymore, that cigarettes were not addictive or dangerous," says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. "The images of the tobacco CEOs denying the dangers of smoking play for laughs on the evening news." So they decided it was time to move on to a new tactic: admitting that a preponderance of evidence shows cigarettes to be risky, while leaving the actual language of disease to various government agencies. "This move is smart...