Word: bent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shamir stubbornly resisted backing a proposed Israeli investigation into the scandal as long as he could before finally yielding to the growing pressure for a full-scale probe. Shamir's position was that the Pollard case was over and Israel had apologized sufficiently to the U.S., and he seemed bent on dismissing the matter as a "rogue" operation that had been approved by neither Israel's leaders nor its principal intelligence organizations...
...Adriane Stewart, holds tight to her sense of humor even though she's just had an abortion and, the dialogue implies, been raped. She all but steals the show as she mopes around the stage interjecting sarcastic comments under her breath. Lyra O. Barrera's Stas--a whore bent on hustling her way to a Hawaiian medical school--prances around in her underwear reading Scientific American out loud and advising Dusa and Fish to toughen...
Despite their over 20-year-long friendship, the Long Island-native says Brustein has shown little favoritism towards him. "Brustein has bent over backwards to have me treated the same as everyone else in terms of the work," he says. "I think maybe in one way I've provided a certain freshness, a certain new energy. I think I've made a contribution in that...
...appeared to pull back on its economic and political reforms, prompting China watchers to question whether Leader Deng Xiaoping, 82, is still in charge. Secretary of State George Shultz flew into the Middle Kingdom to see for himself during a ten-day Asian trip and found the Chinese bent on convincing him that only the pace of reform had slowed. At one point, however, Deng showed that the best defense was a good offense. He tweaked Shultz by alluding to Iranscam and the Tower report, saying, "By engaging in politics and by running the government, one has to meet with...
...reason the Iran-contra affair went so badly astray, according to the Tower commission. Although North made himself into the point man for Iranscam's excesses, the Tower commission blames Poindexter for failing to restrain his aide in carrying out what were, after all, presidential policies. "Poindexter's own bent for operations aided and abetted rather than compensated for North," Commission Member Brent Scowcroft told TIME. "There's nothing wrong with having a 'cowboy' working for you, but you have to keep the reins tight...