Word: unforeseen
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Once again Africa in general, and the unfortunate nation of Rwanda in particular, has beggared Western experience and imagination. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Rwanda's civil war is nearly over. The mainly Tutsi rebels, whose people were victims of one of the largest genocidal slaughters in the last decade, have won. Two weeks ago, following a military campaign brilliant enough to make the textbooks, the Rwandan Patriotic Front took over the capital of Kigali. Last Thursday the rebels marched to within nine miles of the town of Gisenyi, the latest stronghold of their former tormentors -- members of the majority Hutu tribe...
Hunt also said it is hard to believe that suchan incident occurred in the disabled section. Headded that sometimes unforeseen circumstancescause seating arrangements to change...
...chairman Laurence Tisch and QVC head Barry Diller said "the Tiffany network" would almost certainly go ahead in its surprise merger with the home-shopping giant. The result, to be finalized July 13 barring unforeseen snags, will be an altered TV landscape in which a top-rated network has substantial interest in cable. Investors are buying in: even before the official announcement, CBS stock shot up $48, to $311, and QVC's rose...
While there are always unforeseen occurences with renovation work, Buckley says, these jobs seem to be proceeding more or less as planned...
...court in years to come. Abraham Lincoln put five men on the court, all chosen to support his policies during the Civil War. All of them did. But after his death, some of them were still serving on the court when a rapidly industrializing nation was caught up in unforeseen battles concerning the rights of labor and the power of states to regulate businesses...