Word: asking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...long ago still loom over Sevilla, so do the events of today. Two weeks ago, a politician roughly the equivalent of a deputy mayor and his wife were killed in the early morning hours in a street not far from the cathedral. The Basque terrorist group ETA (don't ask me what it stands for--I'm still a foreigner here) claimed responsibility for the assassination. While terrorism is, unfortunately, not unknown in the U.S., we are still accustomed to pinning it on a psychopath or a small group of fanatics. The idea of a terrorist group established enough...
...first days). It is no way to spend the rest of our lives. So the next time Fear sidles up and takes a seat across from you in the dining hall, as he prattles on about staying "on track" and finding something to do "next year," interrupt him and ask, How was your day? Have you seen any good movies lately? Have you noticed the sunny weather? Or, if you're feeling really fearless, pick up your tray, push in your chair and refuse to dine with the beast. Prove to yourself that the only thing you have to fear...
...what about the gender aspect of it? We haven't come as far as we should on the role of women in America. Monica is a woman in the path of a male agenda. The question I continually have to ask myself is Why is she the target rather than a key witness? What great purpose is served if she is indicted and jailed? What great national catharsis will we feel? And at what price...
Life will not be the same without Seinfeld [TELEVISION, Jan. 12]! Ask four of your friends which is their favorite character, and you'll get four different answers. What's more, a month later, your four pals will all have changed their opinions. Jerry Seinfeld claims to have no time for anything, says he missed the '90s and doesn't know what happened. The answer is his show happened. PETER HUNT Cherrybrook, Australia
Democrats speculate that the surveillance may have been financed at the time by political enemies trying to scare Romer off from a Senate run. For now, even if Romer wanted to resign as D.N.C. chairman, it would be tricky politically. People might ask, If Romer had to quit because of a sex scandal, why shouldn't Clinton...