Word: benign
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...agree with that," was Gore's response.) But humility was lost in the anger, dust and blood of Sept. 11; it will be nearly impossible to recover when victory is won in Iraq. Hubris could easily masquerade as reality. We are incomparably strong and admirably free, the most benign superpower in history. But the truths inherent in that proposition could easily lead to a falsehood - that we are justified in remaking the world as we choose. Certainly the world seems ripe to be remade. "We had certain strategies and policies and institutions that were built to deal with the conflicts...
...where you go to make a formal argument to the world--as Adlai Stevenson did during the Cuban missile crisis, and as Colin Powell tried to do last month. It's nice to have a place like that; on rare occasions, the unofficial discussions among countries can yield some benign results. And on the rarest occasions--the first Gulf War; Afghanistan--there may even be enough consensus for a resolution supporting the use of force. Ultimately, the U.N. may be the place to litigate global problems like environmental depredation and AIDS. But don't hold your breath...
...where you go to make a formal argument to the world - as Adlai Stevenson did during the Cuban missile crisis, and as Colin Powell tried to do last month. It's nice to have a place like that; on rare occasions, the unofficial discussions among countries can yield some benign results. And on the rarest occasions - the first Gulf War; Afghanistan - there may even be enough consensus for a resolution supporting the use of force. Ultimately, the U.N. may be the place to litigate global problems like environmental depredation and AIDS. But don't hold your breath...
...results of two studies published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine clearly show that taking aspirin every day--in low or high doses--reduces the number and size of polyps, the small precancerous growths in the lining of the colon that are usually benign but can sometimes turn into malignant tumors...
Thus far, the assumptions that have governed U.S. war preparations have presupposed a transition to a benevolent and benign democratic government in Iraq. Such a government would be presumably pro-Western, allowing the United States favorable access to its markets and supplying oil at stable prices. But a consideration of other precariously situated democracies might better inform President George W. Bush’s foreign policy team of the risks of action in Iraq...