Word: approaching
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Bush will reaffirm U.S. commitments to a consensual approach to fighting the drug lords. He will applaud Colombia's six-month-old crackdown against the drug barons. He will offer reassurances that except for the soldiers stationed at the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, there will be no American troops left in the region after the U.S. completes the withdrawal of its invasion force from Panama, perhaps by the end of this month. Bush hopes that once those assurances are given, Barco will agree to the deployment of the antismuggling naval task force and the installation of a U.S.-built...
...While Nelson Mandela is not a captive, he's also not a free man," Kerry said. Despite Mandela's release, Kerry voiced the need for a cautious approach to de Klerk. "I think the sanctions worked, and I think it's important to keep the sanctions in place...
...Contrast the poor teaching and unfriendliness Clateman describes in introductory Physics with the almost gentle treatment of the subject offered by Dudley Herschbach in Chem 10 or Karel Liem in Biology 2. Among the best facets of their approach is providing information on the current research frontier and applications of the material being covered, something totally lacking in Physics 55 (now Physics 12), but essential for maintaining student interest...
...Although his goals were almost as fuzzy as they had been at last fall's education summit, at which the President and Cabinet officials met with the nation's Governors, White House aides boasted that Bush had boldly advanced the cause. Said one: "It's a cradle-to-grave approach to education...
...chief? Gorbachev listened to the translation with a puzzled look, then smiled. "Many rumors and suppositions are circulating worldwide," he said, gesticulating with his hands for emphasis. "All this is groundless. It has come into vogue in the international press to set rumor mills working as soon as we approach a regular plenum of the party Central Committee...