Word: bide
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gorilla of the party has a fiscal mess to solve in New York. But the Governor's fund-raising clout and popularity among Democratic activists make him the only one who can afford to bide his time...
...bide his time last year while the gulf sheikdoms conspired to strangle Iraq's economy. For that is how he viewed events -- and his perception rests at the heart of the present crisis. Battered by the war with Iran, $80 billion in debt, he expected gratitude from the likes of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for having spared them, as well as himself, the zeal of Khomeini's revolutionaries. He wanted higher oil prices; instead, production in the gulf went up, and his revenues went down. He wanted to lease islands for ports and loading berths on the gulf from Kuwait...
...there is such a compelling cause--the cause of preventing Iraq from wreaking havoc in the Middle East and threatening the safety of the entire world. Allowing Saddam Hussein a way out with a face-saving negotiated settlement will only enable him to bide his time and strike out when Iraq's military prowess is even greater...