Word: openingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...keep his hands off Djukanovic. But they have yet to back up those exhortations with the threat of force. The current NATO commander for Europe, U.S. General Joseph Ralston, has been "as quiet as a church mouse" on the topic, says analyst John Fox of the Washington-based Open Society Institute. Fox says the West has made a critical mistake by letting Milosevic take the offensive. The current stance--keeping Belgrade guessing with a measured ambiguity--carries the risk that he may call the bluff...
...might he do it? The most probable scenario would be some sort of disturbance or riot in which the police would open fire, allowing the army to step in and seize control--under the pretext of ensuring stability. That could then trigger a broader clash between the army and the police similar to the one that occurred in Croatia and Bosnia. In Podgorica local government officials say they are working hard to avoid that possibility, despite what many consider provocations from Belgrade...
...babies? Their child, born on Aug. 8, is conjoined twins--two lives joined at a circular pelvis. One twin, called Mary in court papers to protect the family's anonymity, has a flaccid, useless heart, no working lungs and an underdeveloped brain. She can suck, kick and open one eye but may not have consciousness. Her bodymate Jodie is "bright, alert, sparkling...very much a 'with-it' sort of baby," say doctors who testified before British high-court judge Robert Johnson. Mary's life depends on Jodie's heart and lungs, and the strain will probably give Jodie heart failure...
...unique dialogue. As a doctor, Frimmer had helped Dara with her science homework in high school. Now, as a patient, he helped her with her study of sickness and dying. With the skills learned in school and in her internship, Dara was able to help her father open up about what he was feeling...
...want it all out in the open. Yes, I did send checks that were decorated with kittens and angels--maybe even a Victorian rose. But I hadn't ordered those checks. Those checks are not the real me. I am the sort of person who does not use checks with designs on them. Really...