Word: beholdenness
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...major contributor to the review, concluded that Iraq's war-weariness and heavy international debt of $65 billion made it likely that Baghdad would concentrate on rebuilding its crippled economy and increasing its oil production rather than embark on foreign adventures. Moreover, the assessment held, Iraq would feel beholden to those countries that had helped finance its fight against Iran, among them Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. There was one cautionary note, sounded almost in passing: Saddam was spending millions of dollars to build up chemical- and biological-weapons capacity...
...secular Israeli. Religious concerns were ceded to the ultra-orthodox, who have never understood the need for Judaism to incorporate democratic values." Because Israeli society failed to develop a compelling spiritual option to replace the victim-oriented philosophy of the East European ghetto, Labor's present leaders are constantly beholden to a religious perspective antithetical to all they value. As a result, they regularly lose both religious and electoral battles. "They are wonderful when talking to Barbara Walters," says Hartman, "but miserable when it comes to touching tradition-bound Israelis...
...most important evidence of Deng's strength may be the unexpected appointment of Jiang. The beefy Shanghai official does not have any national power base or ties to the army, which makes him no threat to anyone in the hierarchy and thoroughly beholden to those who appointed him. As a tough- minded disciplinarian and agile implementer of policy, he is an ideal Secretary. "Deng is once again very much a hands-on leader," said a senior British diplomat...
...would also become, for better or worse, a symbol of his party: either an embodiment of the commitment to fairness and equality that has been at the heart of the Democrats' creed or, from another viewpoint, the final snub to those white voters who feel the party has become beholden to blacks and special interests...
...former secretary-general and current strongman of the 200,000-member oilworkers union, Hernandez, nicknamed La Quina, had built up a personal fortune and a large following among those beholden to him for jobs, education and health care. Many of the area's poor people regarded him as something of a Mexican Robin Hood. The enmity between Salinas and Hernandez dates back to the President's tenure as Secretary of Planning and Federal Budget in the administration of Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado. At that time, Salinas accused both the oil union and Pemex, the state oil company, of inefficiency...