Word: stand-off
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...Harvard University Guards Union voted almost unanimously to ratify their contract with the University last Friday, ending a three-year stand-off during which the guards had worked without a contract. Even though the contract is the result of three years of negotiations with the University, many guards are not entirely happy with the final product...
...Oglala Sioux actor, Means is the first national director of the American Indian Movement, an Indian rights group that led a two-month long stand-off at Wounded Knee, South Dakota...
...Siegehas many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. Some are even incomprehensible, such as the character of Elise Kraft. The climax has potential, but ends up as a typical action stand-off with few deviations. Bruce Willis seems confused, as his character initially warns the government against an army invasion; yet moments later, he has morphed into a power-hungry zealot, relentlessly pursuing all those he views as enemies of the state, Hubbard included. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn't fail to lure the crowds, but don't expect much more than...
Jaeger echoed this perception of the five-yearbenefits stand-off as a product of particularlytough issues. "The benefits battle was long andugly, and took different union and Universityleaders away from things they wanted to work on,"he says...
...That said, the "sensitive site"stand-off, more or less continuous since October, is set to reach a point where a military strike is the easiest solution: Ramadan ends this week, and the French ? doves on Iraqi affairs ? step down from the presidency of the Security Council. "If Saddam has any sense," says Dowell, "he will make a concession." For Clinton, the hardest part of an attack would be convincing his allies that it has nothing to do with his personal life...