Word: charter
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...American and United, use to dish out the most up-to-date flight information to travel agents. When linked to the systems, agents can check schedules, compare fares and book tickets. They can also make hotel and rental-car reservations as well as order tickets for Broadway shows or charter a private...
...slip of the tongue when the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization chose to use a French word during a live interview on France's TF1 television channel. At one point, Arafat declared as caduque -- a legal term meaning null and void -- the controversial 1964 P.L.O. charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel...
...Arafat the statement crowned another diplomatic success. His meeting with President Francois Mitterrand last week marked the first time that he has been officially received by a major West European leader. Mitterrand took the opportunity to urge Arafat to explain the P.L.O.'s stand on the charter, and seemed pleased with the results. Although Arafat refused to back formal abrogation of the charter, Premier Michel Rocard said Arafat's statement "constituted a positive clarification in the direction of peace...
...guess the idea was that Mother was impressing him with how serious she was and Barry was impressing her with how serious he was and Father and I were impressing them with how we were just a couple of charter members of the hoi polloi who liked to eat food...
...after week's worth of front-page press and highly visible protests. During this storm of contention, no one noticed that the council's constitution also calls upon the body to fight against discrimination on the basis of economic disadvantage. There, in the very same sentence of the council charter, the rights of the gay community are upheld along with the rights of the economically disadvantaged. The council constitution provides no guide in this no-win situation. The only appeal is to debate on the merits of the issue, something that cannot be addressed by a resolution restricted to constitutionality...