Word: barreled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Palestinian police proved beyond a doubt that when push comes to shove, or as the case may be, when a slingshot becomes a well-directed gun barrel, they are not impartial enforcers of the peace process; their allegiance to the Palestinian cause takes priority over this process. This is not the first instance of the armed Palestinian forces' lack of resolve or so-called "inability" to restrain the enemies of peace. Original fears that the Palestinian security forces were not adequately equipped to deal with their own extremists have been substituted for the more worrisome concern that they...
...disgusting?" The only break in Ayres' intensity occurred in the scene when George shoots Martha with what seems at first to be a shotgun, but releases only an umbrella; because of prop difficulties, Ayres had to shake the gun and quickly urge the gag out of the barrel--not quite the passionate moment it was supposed...
...same time, he has a history of interfering with the presidencies of others. (After helping overthrow a military dictatorship in 1987, he has now participated in two coups.) The head of the largest Hutu political party called on members to reject Buyoya's "return by the barrel of the gun" and appealed to the international community to restore democracy. But the Clinton Administration has drawn the line at logistical support for an international peacekeeping force. TIME's Andrew Purvis says only international military intervention would make a difference: "So long as Hutu and Tutsi are left to themselves, the killing...
...Clinton's AIDS policy so much as it is his his gay-election policy," McAllister says. "Not that this isn't a perfectly legitimate request to make. But considering the small sum -- $65 million isn't much in his overall budget -- this is just a little election year pork barrel." Even if Clinton's plan is dismissed by majority Republicans, the President has nothing to lose: the budget likely won't be approved until after the November election. -- Jenifer Mattos
...Clinton's AIDS policy so much as it is his his gay-election policy," McAllister says. "Not that this isn't a perfectly legitimate request to make. But considering the small sum -- $65 million isn't much in his overall budget -- this is just a little election year pork barrel." Even if Clinton's plan is dismissed by majority Republicans, the President has nothing to lose: the budget likely won't be approved until after the November election. -- Jenifer Mattos