Word: angers
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Arafat's aides acknowledge that he did indeed subvert Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, who was once Arafat's first lieutenant. "He felt that Abu Mazen was going to take his crown," says a senior Arafat aide. Arafat exploited Palestinian anger at Israeli military operations in the occupied territories to cast Abbas as a tool of Israel. For Abbas, the final straw came in early September when Fatah militants confronted him as he entered the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council and accused him of treason. A shaken Abbas resigned the next day. An aide says he plans...
...classic Horatio Alger story. Unfortunately, he was like Horatio Alger on steroids." JOHN C. COFFEE, Columbia University securities-law professor, describing the blue-collar background and $139.5 million pay package and other benefits of ex--New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso, who resigned amid anger over his compensation...
...black ink has worn off the lettering on our ID cards, ten Democrats are asking for the support of young people like competing restaurateurs on a European city street. Each has a familiar and appetizing menu of red meat—class resentment for starters, some anti-administration anger, maybe a sweet life story for dessert. But the offerings so far lack what is most needed as an antidote to fear, namely hope...
...Don’t think of it as overpowering someone who weighs 100 pounds more,” he says. “Think of it as getting oxygen so you can fight. Turn your fear into anger and just go absolutely berserk...
...effectively capitalized on the anger that people feel in terms of Bush’s policies and then offers concrete solutions for how to fix things,” he said...