Word: split
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is little doubt that an attack on Iraq without further provocation from Saddam will erode U.S. support in the Middle East. The Arab League is already split down the middle, with at least nine of its members, including some that offer lip service to the U.N. resolutions, giving overt backing to Iraq. Iran is, at best, equivocal. Saddam tries to build on this support with appeals based on brotherhood, religion and the Palestinian cause. It is interesting to note that he has never criticized his Syrian brothers for sending forces to Saudi Arabia, nor has he built up troops...
...Arab allies split on how far to go in condemning Israel. -- Why Kuwait is not the West Bank. -- Jimmy Carter on the need to negotiate...
...looking to say something about the Ivy title, we've got to say something now," said senior split end Rodney Taylor, who was elected first class marshal last week...
Bush's words moved the U.S. position a bit closer to that of France, helping to heal what had briefly looked like an ugly split. In his own U.N. speech two weeks ago, President Francois Mitterrand had hinted that Iraq might only have to promise to pull out of Kuwait -- not actually do it -- in order to gain negotiations with Kuwait and progress toward an Arab-Israeli settlement. That spurred a prompt bid from Saddam Hussein for separate French-Iraqi negotiations, which Mitterrand righteously spurned. His government, meanwhile, hastened to assure allies that France still supported the U.N. resolutions calling...
...their prospective children. Two- income couples spell out the conditions under which they will relocate for a spouse's career. For every sublime consideration, there is a matching ridiculousness. One New York City couple were so determined to divide expenses equally that their contract stipulated that they would split the $3 toll when crossing the George Washington Bridge. Another couple itemized the ownership of 207 items, down to a $1.98 vase given to the prospective bride by her grandmother...