Word: beset
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Arafat was thoroughly on the defensive, beset too by the frustration building up among his people. And they have often resorted to rage. Rock throwers in the street have a number of tactical attractions. In the asymmetric struggle with the mighty Israeli army, the Palestinians would appear the victims. That would galvanize sympathetic Arab and European pressure behind his cause. A judicious level of violence had wrung Israeli concessions before: the Jerusalem tunnel uprising in 1996 had forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to follow through on a delayed territorial withdrawal. And it could serve as a safety vent...
...typical boy-to-man fable is one of groping in the dark, a child beset by demons, on a road with no signposts. But William isn't clueless; he has too many clues. He is swamped in advice: from his musical mentor, the rebel critic Lester Bangs (another off-kilter, on-target tour de force by Philip Seymour Hoffman); from his muse, the knowing groupie Penny Lane (Kate Hudson, with the soft, curly haired charisma of a Woodstock Botticelli); from Stillwater's lead guitarist, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup, who has finally found the movie role to fit his questing intelligence...
...could prove difficult to exploit politically. For one thing, Cheney has won high marks for his stewardship at Dallas-based Halliburton, transforming it into the world's largest provider of oil-field services. He arrived in 1995 and boosted the fortunes of a company beset by low oil prices and slow growth, raising revenues to $15 billion. Cheney's high-level contacts in Washington and around the world helped bring in business. Under Cheney, the company's Brown & Root construction subsidiary has worked hand in hand with the Democratic Administration--as it had done before him with the Bush White...
...face of economic collapse and social tumult. But the military also facilitated Suharto's departure by guaranteeing him immunity from prosecution. But like Pinochet, Suharto may be a victim of the shifting balance of power, although the balance hasn't shifted quite as far in Indonesia, which is still beset by ethnic violence and fierce infighting among both the political and military elites - and that's worked to Suharto's advantage. Even if convicted on corruption charges, he's already been guaranteed a pardon by the beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid, in a sign of the tenuous balance of forces...
...Charged with manslaughter last week, Junta pleaded not guilty and was released on $5,000 bail. In nearby Lynnfield, 200 mourners paid Costin their respects. At his wake, one of his sons, beset with grief, climbed into the casket. The Rev. John E. Farrell cast blame all around. "We name violence in our society," he said...