Word: basks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...works in the Middle East only if Washington has imaginative, practical ideas that can help bridge the chasm between two such mistrustful adversaries. And those ideas work, says Richard Haass, Middle East adviser under President George Bush, "only if the President is willing to back them up." Clinton could bask in the South Lawn signing of the 1993 agreement because Arafat and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin were willing to make peace on their own. The test for Clinton now is whether he is prepared to weigh in when the two leaders aren't willing...
...week passes without some reference in lectures to this-or-that development in America--and as often as not, the work of some Harvard professor is admired. It is almost as if Britain, grasping at its historical ties to America, hopes to bask in some type of parental glory...
...Harvard can bask in the glow of its first tournament berth in 13 years. For now, Harvard gets to spend a week learning how to dance-and pass their finals...
...once again, we embark on the frigate of the new semester, this magical time of discovery and rebirth and, of course, the sweet, sweet cursing of first-years lotteried out of Core classes. Yes, the upperclass students bask in the glow of their years until the unfortunate announcement of (dear God, must we go on) a random lottery...
...through a well-planned operation designed to catapult itself into the international spotlight, Tupac Amaru has upstaged the President. Even if its bid does not succeed, the group will bask in exposure for as long as the crisis lasts. And by week's end it looked as if that may be a prolonged period. When the initial fireworks subsided, a more grinding routine ensued as an exhausted Red Cross mediator shuffled between embassy and presidential palace, conveying requests for toothbrushes and toilet paper. Batches of hostages were released, but the impasse remained unbroken. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government withdrew behind...