Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Consequently, Harvard police were called in to ascertain the contents of the package but could not do so without proper x-ray equipment, according to Lt. John F. Rooney. Police then alerted bomb squad technicians...
...using the court for pursuing Policy goals has proved to be successful in this case, but are trade discussions and agreements the appropriate forums for these issues? If the ruling stands in spite of the Administration's appeal, it is possible that the United States government will have to ascertain the environmental effects of all of the country's more than one trillion dollars in annual imports and exports...
...School] is a remarkably gnarled place, with only shades of meaning. It was very difficult for me to ascertain facts," Sedgwick said...
...building inspector has been set there but it is difficult to ascertain what causes these things after they happen," said Dyslin...
...that time, public debate and intense Congressional scrutiny would be too late. Bush must clearly articulate his goals in the Gulf and immediately ascertain whether the public and the Congress are willing to fight for those goals. If the will of the people, as expressed through their elected representatives, favors fighting, so be it. But let's find that out now, before we become mired in a bloody and costly conflict halfway around the world...