Word: antagonistically
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...loose federation among the 15 Soviet republics, providing each of them with economic "sovereignty." In a show of goodwill, he partly eased the natural-gas embargo against breakaway Lithuania. After meeting with the leaders of all the republics for five hours last week, Gorbachev seemed to have dampened his antagonist's fervor. Said Yeltsin: "We shook hands, and we met each other halfway . . . We agreed that Russia cannot survive without the entire country and the country cannot survive without Russia...
...though it has been tiring always having to tell the parent, the friend or the antagonist what Women's Studies is or why its study is important, Ting says she does not mind...
...Japanese, Carla Hills had been a steely antagonist making a flurry of merciless demands. But last week their image of the U.S. Trade Representative took an abrupt turn. She became an unexpected defender, thanks to her sudden determination to bring a more conciliatory tone to U.S.-Japan relations. At Hills' urging, President Bush decided last week to remove Japan from a U.S. hit list of countries cited for unfair trade practices. Said Hills, whose new attitude inflamed many hawks in Congress: "Perhaps Japan had the farthest to go, but it moved farther and faster than any of our other trading...
...side is the A.N.C., the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, whose vision is of a unified black majority taking over the reins of power. On the other is Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, president of the 1.5 million-strong Inkatha Movement and an old antagonist of the A.N.C., who has a strong investment in the traditional tribal and economic structure...
...working Americans are fed up with ten years of Reagan and Bush. People want to see a movie that speaks to that concern and need." In addition, the movie industry may have bought itself an eccentric superstar. Wouldn't it be funny if it took GM's most nettlesome antagonist since Ralph Nader to lead Hollywood to the heartbeat of America...