Word: abruptly
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...dismissal also sheds a revealing light on the deep anxiety that lies behind the bland confidence the Kremlin likes to exude. The President's entourage are much more worried about Yeltsin's health--and the possibility of abrupt incapacitation--than they will admit publicly. And if the government falls even farther behind this fall and winter with its payroll, aides are concerned about public uprisings. Their nightmare is that both events will happen simultaneously. Speaking to TIME, a Kremlin adviser described the scenario they sought to pre-empt by firing Lebed: unrest breaks out, Yeltsin's failing health disables...
...American cruise-missile strikes on the Iraqi military establishments were as abrupt as they were bizarre [WORLD, Sept. 23]. Those of us in other parts of the world are left only with the perception of a trigger-happy U.S. Despite a plausible semblance of unity, Western Europe and Japan are at a loss about how to react. The reference to the U.N. resolutions is mere rhetoric, a fig leaf to cover what lies behind election politics. This charade demonstrates that Clinton is not a true world leader. YASUO HORI Matsudamachi, Japan
ATLANTA: The splendor and celebration of the Olympics came to an abrupt halt shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday when the first terrorist attack since the 1972 games struck at the heart of the games. Two people died and more than 100 were injured when a bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park. As in Munich, when the Olympics continued even after terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, officials in Atlanta said they would not halt the games. "The games will go on," said Francois Carrard, director general of the International Olympic Committee. And so they did, beginning with a moment...
...long as students believe that HAND's unique programs will be destroyed by the abrupt removal of Gail...I believe the students," Steigerwald says...
...firing of seven travel-office employees early in 1993. The Administration also provided a list of 2,000 pages it is still withholding, citing executive privilege, a clause most often invoked on matters of national security. White House correspondent James Carney says the McDougals' convictions brought on an abrupt about-face from the Administration. "The White House was feeling pretty cocky about these various scandals until this week, and was playing hardball the Oversight Committee." The Committee's findings will be closely watched by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, whose authority was expanded a couple of months ago to include...