Definitions

1. Officials were arranged in strict order around the emperor, and depended upon the imperial will for their ranks. (Web site)
2. Officials are saying the problem will not delay the scheduled August 7 launch to the International Space Station. (Web site)
3. Officials were also assigned about this time to survey and delimit the borders between Tibet (known in Chinese as Xizang) and Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai. (Web site)
4. Officials were looking out for the drivers' safety by stopping the race.
5. Officials were pleased with the results from a 24-team test at Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday.

Surprise

1. To my surprise one of the highest officials in the Mormon Church agreed with that conclusion. (Web site)

Fighting

1. Rodney Davis said Saturday that 33 Taliban have been killed in the southern recent fighting, but Afghan officials put the insurgent death toll much higher. (Web site)

Busch

1. Busch dominated the early stages of the race, but hit a speed bump when NASCAR officials penalized him for going too fast on the entry to pit road.
2. NASCAR officials called Busch, his crew chief, Jimmy Fennig, and owner, Jack Roush, to the NASCAR hauler after the race, but Busch failed to attend. (Web site)
3. While Edwards celebrated his sixth Sprint Cup win of the year, Busch was summoned to the NASCAR hauler for a discussion with officials.

Weekend

1. Officials say an 87-year-old man has died after the car he was in crashed into the wall at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth over the weekend. (Web site)
2. Instead of rescheduling it for the weekend, track officials decided to finish the race Tuesday, although many fans were not able to return. (Web site)
3. Afghan officials described it as a "clean-up" operation sparked by a mass jailbreak in Kandahar after a Taliban attack on the facility at the weekend.

Iranian Officials

1. A lot of Iranian officials, many of them, lived in Iraq and Syria for so many years that they speak Arabic better than they speak Persian.
2. The claims, from Kurdish groups in Iraq, could not be independently verified, and Iranian officials remained silent about the unrest. (Web site)
3. Iranian officials have complained that Pakistan has not been cooperating in efforts to counter Jundallah.

United States

1. Also, Mississippi has more African American elected officials than any other state in the United States. (Web site)
2. Administration officials said Abbas is one of the few members of the PA who values an alliance with the United States.
3. According to those same officials, the United States is on track to fulfill its pledge to reduce its carbon intensity 18 percent by 2012. (Web site)

Sunday

1. Apparently there's a slight clearing in the weather and officials feel positive that the race will be run on Sunday. (Web site)
2. The Taliban militants killed an Afghan district chief from the eastern Paktika province, who was kidnapped days ago, officials said Sunday. (Web site)
3. Abbas has said he would ask Hamas to form the next government and Hamas officials said they wanted to meet him Sunday. (Web site)

Saturday

1. Two Italian doctors are among nine people detained in an alleged plot to kill an Afghan provincial governor, officials said Saturday.
2. Australian Open officials, who announced on Saturday they were lifting prize money to record levels this year, said they were disappointed for Sharapova. (Web site)
3. Turkish warplanes staged airstrikes on Saturday but caused no casualties, Iraqi officials said.

County Officials

1. Following the meeting, the USFS, State, and county officials decided to extend the area of closure beyond the immediate flanks of the volcano. (Web site)
2. And so far this year, county officials have documented 14 rabid foxes in the Flagstaff area.

Saying

1. What they're saying: Smith threatened to move the speedway in October 2007 when county officials objected to him adding a drag strip. (Web site)
2. While saying he believed the government had introduced policies which were good for society, Sik Kok Kwong urged officials to "love the public".
3. Officials in China have notified the Hong Kong government that Ching was released on parole, broadcaster RTHK quoted a government spokesman as saying.

Days

1. If it was necessary to help fill the fields in the early days, it was common for series officials to commandeer available passenger cars for the race.
2. In fact, city officials say they couldn't have made it through those first few days after the storm if the oil companies hadn't helped. (Web site)
3. The naval force said Monday the crew told officials that pirates tied them up for two days after last week's attack.

Week

1. Running back Jamal Lewis, who was released by Cleveland in February, visited with the Saints this week, according to team officials.
2. Her article evidently reflects conversations with Petraeus and other officials in Baghdad during the previous week. (Web site)
3. Atomstroi has been in negotiations this week with officials of the Islamic Republic in an attempt to rectify the situation around Bushehr?s financing.

Violence

1. Violence against Kurds has escalated in recent days, officials say.
2. There was no claim of responsibility but U.S. and Iraqi officials described the violence as the work of insurgents trying to intimidate voters.
3. Chinese officials say the violence in the last few days has left ten people dead.

Power

1. If the Empress Dowager is too weak to assume power, court officials usually seize control. (Web site)
2. The change in power occurred in response to President Hamid Karzai 's decree of August 13 that officials could no longer hold both military and civil posts. (Web site)
3. When he assumed power, he purged his party of officials and military officers due to an alleged Syrian plot to overthrow his government. (Web site)

Soldiers

1. Kangxi equalized the ranks and salaries of Manchus and Chinese officials, and he increased the pay of soldiers. (Web site)
2. The military would not say how many U.S. soldiers were involved in the fighting, though Afghan officials have put the number at several hundred. (Web site)
3. As an administrator, Aurelian had been very strict and handed out severe punishments to corrupt officials or soldiers. (Web site)

Troops

1. Government officials said police and troops left the Nawa district in Ghazni province Friday, after days of fighting with militants.
2. After eight days of fighting, Pentagon officials said close to 90,000 U.S. troops were in Iraq, and that an additional 100,000 to 120,000 were on the way. (Web site)
3. In Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, fighting broke out between U.S. troops and Shiite militiamen, Iraqi officials said.

Stop

1. In diplomatic language, Kangxi advised that the officials and nobles at court to stop the debates regarding the position of Crown Prince.
2. But officials at the Buan county office were unrepentant and said by telephone that they had no plan to stop the campaign. (Web site)
3. Many court officials urged the emperor to stop the witch hunt, but the emperor refused to listen.

Killing

1. Iraqi officials say an explosion tore through a bus station in Baghdad Thursday, killing two people and wounding at least 26 others. (Web site)
2. A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed Sunday on its way to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, federal officials said.
3. A major earthquake struck Sunday near the north coast of West Papua, Indonesia, killing at least two people and injuring 35, government officials said. (Web site)

Israeli Officials

1. According to Israeli officials, she gets $100,000 a month from Arafat out of the Palestinian budget, and lives lavishly in Paris on this allowance. (Web site)
2. Israeli officials have warned that a Hamas victory in Gaza could lead to a military intervention by Israeli forces this summer.
3. Senior American and Israeli officials who have spoken recently with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad are saying that his despair is obvious.

Talks

1. The Government of Spain suspended talks with ETA, and government officials subsequently said political negotiations with the group had ended.
2. Mr Babacan is due in Baghdad today for talks with Iraqi and US officials.
3. Talks have been going on in Kabul to discuss the fate of Abdul Rahman who "could be released soon" officials say. (Web site)

China

1. Officials said they traced bots to countries as dissimilar as the United States, China, Vietnam, Egypt and Peru. (Web site)
2. For centuries it was given as a tribute to the Emperor and high ranking officials within the Imperial Courts of China.
3. But we find also the tombs of local officials and governors scattered all over China. (Web site)

Meanwhile

1. Meanwhile, high officials in China such as Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi also urged the Qing court to adopt a constitution.
2. Opium, meanwhile, continued to be smuggled into China, which contributed to Chinese officials and others resenting foreigners. (Web site)
3. Meanwhile, President Quezon, who had escaped with other high officials before the country fell, set up a government-in-exile in Washington. (Web site)

Iran

1. In 1985 the United States began clandestine direct and indirect negotiations with Iranian officials that resulted in several arms shipments to Iran. (Web site)
2. Kurdish officials said that the terrorists were helped by Iran, which also has an interest in undermining a secular Muslim government. (Web site)
3. But American and British officials have accused Iran of playing a double game by giving covert backing to the Taliban.

Afghanistan

1. Tehran through its embassy in Kabul denied accusations by U.S. officials that Iran was involved in supplying weapons to militants in Afghanistan.
2. U.S. officials said hundreds of civilians from across the government were expected to go to Afghanistan.
3. Most important, administration officials say, the violence in Afghanistan is directed against U.S. forces rather than among Afghans. (Web site)

Harvick

1. Instead of throwing a caution flag, NASCAR officials allowed Harvick and Martin to race to the finish line, and Harvick was declared the winner.

Caution

1. A caution came out with 117 laps to go and NASCAR told its officials to open pit road. (Web site)
2. Officials then allowed Busch, Edwards and Newman to pit and line up where they were originally running when the caution came out. (Web site)
3. The race remained under caution as NASCAR officials worked to sort out the issues (remember, this was long before electronic scoring).

Owners

1. That committee will then join 27 other former drivers, owners, crew chiefs, media members and other officials.
2. All participating drivers, owners, crew members and IMS and city officials gather to toast and award the winner at a site in downtown Indianapolis. (Web site)

Citizens

1. Today the Navy League is widely respected by citizens, community and industrial leaders, and public officials. (Web site)
2. The Supreme People's Court reported in March 1998 that citizens had filed 90,000 lawsuits against government officials in 1997. (Web site)
3. February 17: Afghan officials, workers, and citizens gathered at the Kabul museum for the opening of two newly renovated rooms.

Residents

1. Despite protests from residents, and other city and state elected officials, the FCB directed that it be implemented in October, 2006.
2. Militants have been infiltrating back into the area and the prospect of months of more fighting is undermining public morale, residents and officials said.
3. Officials and residents kept a close eye on the Category 2 hurricane as it approached, though there were no immediate plans for evacuations.

Situation

1. Newman confronted Logano after the race, but NASCAR officials stepped in before the situation escalated.
2. Public pressure on elected officials, especially during the months before the presidential election, could change this situation. (Web site)
3. U.S. officials have offered to discuss the situation in Iraq with Iranian authorities, but Tehran has refused. (Web site)

Storm

1. At the Superdome, city officials reckoned that 9,000 people had arrived by evening to ride out the storm. (Web site)
2. Even before the storm struck the Gulf Coast, Chertoff could have ordered federal agencies into action without any request from state or local officials. (Web site)
3. Bush critics got new fodder in March when a videotape surfaced showing him meeting with government officials before the storm.

Rain

1. Previously, if a race started dry and rain appeared, riders or officials could red-flag (stop) the race and begin again on wet tyres. (Web site)
2. Since the rain had washed all the rubber off the track, officials opted to call a "competition yellow" 15 laps into the race. (Web site)
3. The AP's Jason Bronis reports from Daytona Beach, Florida that just after Kenseth took the lead, rain began to fall and officials called the race.

Washington

1. Military officials at the time acknowledged that aircraft could reach targets in Washington before they were intercepted by fighters on ground alert. (Web site)
2. Officials in Washington and Baghdad said their departures have greatly improved the atmosphere for the final inspections.
3. US officials were also in contact with Palestinian representatives in the region, with PA Interior Minister Saeed Abu Ali coming to Washington this week.

Office

1. As a result, all officials in Athens were paid salaries by the state and every office was opened to most citizens.
2. The central hall was the office in which the emperor met foreign diplomats, and summoned his officials for consultation.
3. NASCAR officials furiously retreated into their office, where Gordon was summoned after he climbed from his car. (Web site)

American Officials

1. The unrelenting escalation of Tehran's terrorist meddling in Iraq has prompted American officials both in Washington and Baghdad to speak out. (Web site)
2. But American officials have also said they want Iraqi forces to take the lead in securing polling places. (Web site)
3. Gikman and Bloch were known to have lived in Vienna at about the same time, and American officials would come to suspect Gikman had been Bloch's handler. (Web site)

Iraqi Government

1. The Iraqi government wanted the guards to stand trial in Iraq and officials there said they would closely watch how the US judicial system handled the case. (Web site)
2. But American officials have tried to discourage large-scale attacks into Iraq, fearing that they could further weaken the Iraqi government. (Web site)

Year

1. The officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have been selecting a pace car and its driver for the Indy 500 each year the race has been held since 1911.
2. Officials at the European particle physics laboratory, CERN, had previously planned to run the gargantuan accelerator at 70% of maximum energy this year.
3. Talks are under way for Pope Benedict XVI to make his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories next year, Vatican and Israeli officials said.

Emperor Ming

1. Emperor Ming was a hard-working, able administrator of the empire who showed integrity and demanded integrity from his officials.
2. After Emperor Ming died in 325, his will left a number of high level officials in charge of his four-year-old son Emperor Cheng 's administration.

Number

1. President Hamid Karzai has pleaded with U.S. officials to reduce the number of civilian casualties. (Web site)
2. In that year, Hiss cleverly wrote a number of Russian officials, asking that they attest he had never served the Soviet Union.
3. He befriended a number of officials, and quickly the government became divided between a crown prince faction and a Lu faction.

Detainees

1. Iraq and U.S. officials in Iraq had agreed on a six-point plan intended to "ensure humane treatment of all detainees," the embassy said in a statement. (Web site)
2. Meanwhile, Red Cross (ICRC) officials have paid their first visit to detainees held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Web site)
3. Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported Monday that dozens of detainees said they had been choked, starved and given electric shocks by Afghan officials. (Web site)

Comment

1. Officials at the State and Defense Departments and at the embassy in Qatar were reluctant to comment.
2. No officials from Dostum's Junbish-e-Milli party would comment on the allegations of illegal land seizure. (Web site)
3. Kurdish officials have refused to comment on the report and Israel has denied it knows of any involvement. (Web site)

Anonymity

1. The officials - who spoke on condition of anonymity - said some 10,000 troops would be involved in the main thrust of the operation. (Web site)
2. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said much of Qaim, 200 miles west of Baghdad, had been abandoned. (Web site)
3. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren't authorized to discuss legal matters.

Iraqis

1. Among the insurgents captured then were Iraqis, Filipinos, Algerians, Moroccans, Afghans and Arabs from neighboring countries, officials said. (Web site)
2. French officials in Syria provided the passports to the Iraqis, intelligence revealed, and the travel documents gave Saddam's henchmen an easy exit.
3. Two American officials have been killed over the past week and a number of US and Iraqis wounded. (Web site)

Death Toll

1. Intelligence officials in the area confirmed the attack and the death toll, saying that five militants were also wounded. (Web site)
2. Michael Brown also agreed with other public officials that the death toll in the city could reach into the thousands.
3. Afghan officials at the scene of the explosion said they fear the death toll eventually could top 50. (Web site)

Charges

1. The Censorate kept a watch over government officials and investigated charges of corruption. (Web site)
2. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges had not been made public. (Web site)
3. IGHRC, Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have not yet uncovered evidence that the charges were trumped up, officials with those groups said.

Corruption

1. During the Seoul meeting, officials from cities bidding for future Olympics were banned from contacting IOC members to avoid allegations of corruption.
2. U.S. officials have stepped up pressure on Karzai in recent weeks to do more on corruption.
3. Many topics center on allegations of wrongdoing and corruption on the part of corporations, politicians, and other public officials.

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