Word: trooped
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...chances of resolving the potential for violence in the current pattern of troop and settlement distribution are considerably diminished now that the peace process itself is on the back burner. Three weeks of rage not only showed how deeply Palestinians distrust the peace process, they also bled the Israeli peace camp of much of its faith in the process. Just as the center of gravity in Palestinian politics has shifted toward the militancy of the Islamists and Fatah grass roots, so has the momentum in Israeli politics swung dramatically against Prime Minister Barak's peace policy. Barak is already seeking...
...Tuesday, Lawrence Korb - assistant secretary of defense for manpower and logistics during Reagan's first term - will explain how he believes the U.S. military can slash its budget by 20 percent and retain its undisputed title as world champion. The next day, Pentagon sources say, the Joint Chiefs will troop to Capitol Hill to tell the Senate Armed Services Committee there's no way they can keep today's military humming without boosting defense spending...
...forced to spend two weeks with an Ohio family now seems tedious and self-indulgent. There's satiric potential in a middle-American family's encounter with celebrity boorishness, but we get too little feeling for the family and way too much for the hammy show-biz types who troop on and off the stage. For almost three hours...
...recent Thursday morning, a troop of shorts-clad men were jogging around the track at Indiana University's campus in Indianapolis. Standing in uniform on the sidelines, police officer Jim Ritter barked some unusual words of encouragement at one of the stragglers. "Remember, $50,000 a year!" he shouted, clapping his hands. "That's the motivation. Keep it going...
...Lazio has ripped both Clintons over its price 4. According to the Supreme Court, the Boy Scouts can bar them from being troop leaders 8. The Gift of the Magi gift 11. Singer DiFranco 12. Orsk's river 13. "Later!" 14. The run-up to its election was tainted by violence 16. Bear up? 17. He's home at last 18. Applies with a Q-tip 20. U.S. Middle East mediator 23. Online brokerage firm that just went decimal 26. Nautilus sites 29. Stephen King beast 31. Day-__ 32. Prosecutors must tell his lawyer which nations they believe he tried...