Word: abroadly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprised and began speaking, slowly, so that everyone in the room could hear and understand. He said the time had come to accept the terms set down in Potsdam, that with the forces arrayed against them, "I have given serious thought to the situation prevailing at home and abroad and have concluded that continuing the war means destruction for the nation and a prolongation of bloodshed and cruelty in the world." Some of those present began to weep. "The time has come," Hirohito went on, "when we must bear the unbearable. I swallow my tears and give my sanction...
...immigration authorities detained Mousa Abu Marzook, a Palestinian whom they suspect of being a top political leader of the Middle East terrorist group Hamas, as he landed in New York City from a trip abroad. A legal-alien resident of the U.S., Marzook has lived in America for 14 years. Israel expressed interest in extraditing...
...ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country, a statesman is a man who lies from the comfort of home. Regarding China, American statesmen abound. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord denies vehemently that America is trying to contain China as it once did the Soviet Union. Our policy is one of engagement not containment, he insists. And Newt Gingrich says on Face the Nation that we should help the Chinese people undermine the Chinese government, then spends the next five minutes explaining that he did not really mean undermining...
...Strip today demanded the immediate release of Abu Marzuk, saying his detention would "add to the Arab and Muslim anger that is raging against the U.S. hostile policies." Marzuk was detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City as he returned from a two-month trip abroad. Leaders of Hamas said their anger would not lead to terrorist attacks in the U.S. But, as Sheikh Razi Hamad, a Hamas religious leader, told the local press, "I believe it will stop any kind of overture by Hamas to open dialogue with the United States...
...admits that her release raises more questions than it answers. "Was it just a publicity stunt?" she asked TIME. "Or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell." At the same time, she has been painstakingly cautious in her statements. She confessed to a natural affinity for the military because her father, Burmese nationalist hero Aung San, was a general...