Word: augured
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CAIRO: Unlike the broad Arab coalition that supported the U.S during Operation Desert Storm, most Arab nations view Tuesday's attacks on Iraq with consternation. Egypt and Syria said that they fear the U.S attacks will make an already bleak situation in Iraq worse. "The developments do not augur well for the people of Iraq or stability in the region," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. Egypt, he declared, was "really disturbed" by the situation. Syria's Foreign Ministry issued an even stronger statement, calling the attack "an action that violates the U.N charter and international law." Only Saudi Arabia...
...Balkans as a mission of peace [BOSNIA, Dec. 11], it is abundantly clear that the preoccupation with U.S. world leadership, nato's credibility, robust rules of military engagement, use of overwhelming force and the like have made genuine peacekeeping in Bosnia a secondary issue. This does not augur well for either its short-term or long-term success. IGOR D. RADOVIC New York City...
...speaking to the deepest needs of African Americans at a time when many other black leaders have been conspicuously silent, Farrakhan has injected himself into the very heart of the ongoing racial debate--and shows no signs of going away. Nightline's Ted Koppel--as close to an official augur as American culture has--captured the prevailing spirit when he acknowledged last week, a tad reluctantly, that Farrakhan "may have to be called one of the most influential leaders in black America...
Heading into its showdown tomorrow at Briggs Cage against Lehigh (1-4), Harvard (2-2) has shown mixed signs as a team. Some areas of play augur a potentially bright future, while others recall a dismal past...
...peace conference on + Yugoslavia, were encouraged that leaders of all three Bosnian factions agreed to meet in Geneva this week. With the spirit of compromise long since bludgeoned by atrocities on all sides, however, no agreement at the table is likely. And the deadly frustrations of the U.N. forces augur even worse for implementing anything on the ground...