Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would not rule out the possibility that the committee will recommend full autonomy for the public service organization. He said the board has not set a target date for the committee's report...
Among the other winners were the Civil Enforcement Initiative, a program in New York City which pairs lawyers and police officers to help them target minor crime in city neighborhoods, and a U.S. Air Force program designed to reduce ozone depletion by cleaning and repairing missile guidance and aircraft navigation systems...
...happen). If these charities develop, they will be able to serve you better than faceless government bureaucrats. More importantly, we will feel better about ourselves when we donate our tax-deductible dollars directly to charities instead of having our money confiscated by the IRS. And we can better target the poor we really want to help--those of you who don't live in ghettos...
...reaction to such a pointedly political award was predictable. Greenpeace, which has been trying to stop the French tests by sailing small boats into the target zone, hailed it as a "fantastic decision." The French government, on the other hand, congratulated the winners and applauded the idea of disarmament--but insisted that its tests would continue to ensure a worldwide "security climate." Rotblat, reached by the Nobel committee at his home in the London suburb of Cricklewood, was beaming. "When I woke up this morning," the professor emeritus at the University of London told reporters, "I didn't expect...
...WEALTH HELPED O.J. SIMPson secure an acquittal in his criminal trial. Now his riches have become a target for those seeking both vengeance and catharsis. Simpson faces two lawsuits stemming from the double murder, one filed by the parents of murder victim Ron Goldman, Fred Goldman and Sharon Rufo (the two are divorced but have now joined their suits); and another on behalf of Nicole Brown's estate (Louis Brown, father of the slain Nicole, is the estate's executor). Depositions in the Goldman suit were to have started this week but were postponed until Oct. 30 after Simpson hired...