Word: truce
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...District of Columbia--and the Iraqis sometimes pin that label on any facility they want to keep closed. In fact, many other areas, including the bases and barracks of the intelligence services and the Republican Guard, are suspected of harboring materials that Iraq promised to give up under the truce agreement...
...Even prickly Dick Gephardt, who really crossed the party line when he trashed both Clinton's policies and his coffee klatch fundraising tactics, has called a truce. The House Minority leader and President agreed during a phone call Thursday night to concentrate on the '98 elections. "It was a very satisfactory talk," Clinton revealed Friday. Gosh. The Golden Age is really here...
That was nothing new. The Iraqis have been cheating outrageously on the truce agreement that ended the war in 1991. They have hidden documents, moved missiles and machines, thwarted the inspectors with everything from rifle shots in the air to a fusillade of rotten vegetables. In spite of all that, the weapons experts have compiled a record of real achievement over the years. They have essentially dismantled Iraq's nuclear- weapons industry and accounted for the great majority of its Scud missiles. They have uncovered vast stocks of chemical agents and have been trying hard to find Saddam's germ...
...eaterie Ago, he didn't send over an air kiss. Instead, fuming about being badmouthed by Murphy, and by his partner in her book, Killer Instinct, the director went over and punched him repeatedly. Tarantino was put in a cop car, while Miramax head Harvey Weinstein helped broker a truce. No charges were filed, but Murphy is considering legal action...
...volcano ever on the verge of eruption. One keeps recalling, much to Finney's disadvantage, the icier malevolence of Ralph Richardson in the earlier movie. On the other hand, Maggie Smith's Aunt Penny, more in love with Morris than her niece is and frantically trying to wnegotiate a truce between the principals, is all twitters and twitches, a parody of social insecurity...