Word: containment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...door of America's uniquely libertarian gun laws. Gun control understandably becomes a mantra for Americans seeking to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. After all, many societies face problems of youth violence; while it doesn't address the root causes of that violence, making weapons inaccessible effectively contains the damage. "Youth violence is on the rise across Europe," says TIME Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton. "But you don't have this kind of mass killing because it's hard for even the most sociopathic teenagers to get their hands on guns. The easy availability of guns is a problem...
...building] is really being built for interdisciplinary science research. The first occupant will be CGP, but it will eventually contain other scientific disciplines," he said...
What form that self-rule would take is still undecided. One problem is that parts of Kosovo--particularly in the north and west--contain the Serbian Orthodox Church's holiest shrines. Giving Milosevic access to the region in a postwar world would reward Serb aggression. But not letting the Serbs in might be worse, making lasting peace impossible...
...three, whose discovery he announced last week, are by far the most impressive. They were frozen solid within hours of their burial. Two of the bodies are almost perfectly preserved; the third was evidently damaged by lightning. The children's internal organs are not only intact but also still contain blood. Says Craig Morris, an expert on Andean archaeology at New York City's American Museum of Natural History: "It is truly a fantastic discovery...
...welfare system, the government is trying to build a social safety net from scratch. This year spending on job training and support for the unemployed is expected to rise 39.8% and 34.8%, to $1 billion and $5 billion, respectively. But it is not clear how long the government can contain the resentment of those who don't have the skills to "shift gears." South Korea's cantankerous unions kept a lid on protests last year, fearful of a backlash from the public. But in February they showed their patience was wearing thin when they walked out of a three-party...