Word: aimed
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...debate performances, his foes avoided the personal attacks that characterized the last election and contributed to the demonization, and perhaps even the murder, of Fortuyn. But with arguments against Labor policies failing to dent Bos' popularity, the CDA and its preferred coalition partner, the Liberals, have now taken aim. Liberal leader Gerrit Zalm accused Bos of lying about Labor's financial plans. And CDA M.P. Gerda Verburg went a bit lower. "We're told the whole day how charming and attractive Bos is," she told one newspaper last week. "I can see he's got a nice...
...capacities, but those dangers are multiplied if Iraq can arm missiles with these weapons and strike its neighbors at arm's length. In the 1991 conflict, Iraq did not fire missiles tipped with chemical or biological agents. But if the U.S. battles Iraq again, this time with the stated aim of removing President Saddam Hussein from power, as President Bush has threatened, intelligence analysts fear that Saddam, with nothing left to lose, will unleash his most pernicious arms. If he's got missiles and the U.N. doesn't find them first, that could expose not only U.S. troops but also...
...fall of the Aztec empire, the production will aim to intertwine text and culture, religion and society. Herrera said he hopes to bring the Aztec culture to life with music and dance, colorful costumes and elaborate sets—including a large temple...
Terrorism doesn't lend itself to easy gradations of tragedy. But for me, the deliberate attempt to kill tourists--and those who work with them, like the local dancers murdered in the Mombasa bombing--is among the most distressing developments of the past year. Taking aim at resorts in the developing world hurts those who can least afford it. In many poor countries, tourism is the fastest-growing sector of the economy and the one that offers the easiest pathway from poverty to a better and happier life. In Kenya, tourism employs about 500,000 people and, with the collapse...
...spaghetti strainer out of a sack stuffed with Bibles and turns it into a spiky helmet by filling its holes with nails facing outward. Then he places the metal headgear on a nervous volunteer. A child shouts out the correct answer--"Feeding pigs!"--and, as a reward, gets to aim water balloons at the newly anointed human porcupine...