Word: dealing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...surprise is that Colonel Koroma has switched sides this time, and is fighting to defend the government. But the problem is there may be doubts over how long he'll stay aboard if the other side appears to get the upper hand and he's offered a deal. So it's total chaos: The U.N. doesn't even know where its own people are, the government troops are untrustworthy and Koroma could always turn. The Kamajor are the only ones who'll stand and fight. They're a fierce warrior tribe who believe their rituals make them impervious to bullets...
...other rebel leaders into the government was a recipe for disaster. But even though Sankoh and his men had committed horrendous crimes, people in Sierra Leone were so traumatized by war that they were prepared to give up justice in order to secure peace. They'd have accepted the deal, if it was workable. The reason it wasn't, though, was because of the diamonds. This is not a civil war in the true sense. Sankoh doesn't represent the poor, or have any coherent political program. This is just a grab for control of the diamond fields...
UCITA validates holding back the terms of a deal until after a customer has paid, making clicking through legal terms while installing software or accessing content a legally airtight form of assent. Furthermore, it allows software, access and content companies to write their own intellectual property law, using "licenses" rather than sales to, for example, eliminate rights to transfer a copy or to develop products that work with other products...
...into a profit center. UCITA fails to promote disclosure of known defects in software. A producer can take your money and only then tell you that the product is "licensed" as is, with all faults, and that there will be a charge for "service" to tell you how to deal with flaws the producer knew about...
...older, the hegemony of 800 only grew. In-class tests, response papers, applications, SAT II's and even some college essays all subscribe to this one magic limit. Like a photograph, 800 words can be incredibly glossy, misleading, and yet say a great deal--4/5 as much as a photograph, to be precise...