Word: adjuncts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement is an adjunct to the 1970 nonproliferation treaty, designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. More than 90 other nations have similar arrangements with the IAEA, including the U.S., which signed an inspection agreement in 1980. Moscow did not agree to the idea in principle until 1982, and subsequent negotiations on the actual terms of the new document took 16 months. How important a concession is the accord? That may depend on what Soviet facilities have been opened for inspection: the latest, advanced civilian nuclear plants, or merely old, outdated ones...
...racial minorities. When challenged, they are apt to say things like, "You come down here, boy, you yellow-bellied, egg-sucking dog, bedwetter, pinko Commie " They are the abrasive breed of radio and television personalities, most of them talk-show hosts, who treat their profession as a verbal adjunct to street fighting. But if their hectoring style wins enemies as well as friends, no matter-the ratings count both...
Peterkin--who holds an adjunct professorship at the University of Massachusetts. Amherst--has worked extensively with community groups ranging from Boston Youth Theater to Roxbury Youthworks. In addition, the 39-year-old was named one of Boston's "Ten, Outstanding Young Leaders...
Whatever the outcome of the conflict, Arafat will almost surely be diminished in the eyes of West Bankers. A politician pointed out that if Arafat is cast aside and the P.L.O. comes to be perceived as an adjunct of the Syrian army, its role as sole legitimate voice of the Palestinians could be easily challenged, most probably by King Hussein of Jordan. "The King would be released from previous restraints and could enter into negotiations [with Israel and the U.S.] if he wanted to," said the politician. "And if he called for the support of the people in the West...
...anonymity said that Costello would have been much more seriously hurt if it had not been for the swift actions of two people who rushed her to an emergency shower and called an ambulance. Costello's rescuers, Richard P. Nathorst, a polymer science research associate, and Edward Otocka an adjunct professor of polymer science were treated for smoke inhalation...