Word: anger
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Such prospects depress the legions of ardent sports buffs in the Soviet bloc quite as much as fans in neutral and Western nations, as the Kremlin leaders well realize. It is a measure of the political importance they attach to the Games, and the depth of their anger with the U.S., that they knowingly took a step sure to stir deep unhappiness among their allies and their own people, as well as citizens of other countries who ordinarily pay little attention to international politics. In the Soviet Union, which has no professional sports as they are known in the West...
...Baker whispered the news of the Soviet pullout to the President as he sat through a luncheon commemorating the 100th birthday of Harry Truman, Reagan merely frowned and murmured, "Oh, no." He said nothing in public for 24 hours, and then took a calculated tone of sorrow rather than anger. Said the President: "It ought to be remembered by all [that] the Games more than 2,000 years ago started as a means of bringing peace between the Greek city-states. And in those days, even if a war was going on, they called off the war in order...
...next day Reagan used almost exactly those words during a half-hour nationally televised speech. "We have provided just enough aid to avoid outright disaster, but not enough to resolve the crisis, so El Salvador is being left to slowly bleed to death," he declared. Conveying both anger and urgency, the President painted a harsh picture of Soviet, Cuban and Nicaraguan attempts to "spread Communism by force throughout the hemisphere." Alternately evoking that alarming picture and declaring the Administration's commitment to programs of longterm, peaceful economic and social assistance for Central America, Reagan implicitly justified his Administration...
Such efforts, however, generally prove futile. The more parents attempt to insulate their children, the more their kids wind up feeling anger and frustration. Consequently, when actual tragedy does strike, paralysis results...
Today Herrnstein says "There is a hush in the room when I talk about race related issues, but I'm not as aware of students' anger in this matter as in the past. In fact, one of the biggest compliments I get is on how I handle those issues. Students appreciate that I tackle the controversies." But he adds that he still stands behind his conclusions and that the article was blown out of proportion...