| It was the highest military contact between the two sides since the severance of formal diplomatic ties. |
| Jobs at the council have already been slashed through voluntary severance packages. |
| The offer of severance was merely a retractable promise to pay severance with an explanation of how it would be computed. |
| He said on Wednesday that he was prepared to step down at any time to take responsibility for the severance of diplomatic ties. |
| More ominously, the severance of the Anglo-Norman reign had left John free to turn his attention to Wales and Ireland. |
| When he was finally exposed and booted, Dunlap had the nerve to demand severance pay and insist that the board reprice his stock options. |
