Word: blunts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Faced with a rebellion among conservative Republicans opposed to sending troops to Bosnia, Senate majority leader Bob Dole postponed a vote on a resolution of qualified support for President Clinton's peacekeeping plan. In the House, nearly half the members--mostly Republicans--sent the President a blunt, one-sentence letter: "We urge you not to send ground troops to Bosnia." Clinton said he would not be deterred by congressional dissent...
...most perfunctory manner imaginable: Croatia's Franjo Tudjman would not look Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic in the eye; Bosnia's Alija Izetbegovic refused to smile at Tudjman; Milosevic and Izetbegovic stared past each other. Even worse, after the press was dismissed, each man delivered a blunt statement accusing the others of human-rights abuses. But when the chilled greetings and heated rhetoric finally concluded, something surprising happened. Unprompted by anyone, Milosevic and Izetbegovic shook hands and exchanged a few words...
...think clearly through the prospect of running would decide to do it. The accounts of his wife Alma's fear for their privacy and his safety are not overstated, says a longtime family friend. Stories about her use of antidepressant medication wounded the Powell camp. A family member is blunt about her attitude toward a presidential run: "Alma doesn't want to hear anything about...
...unusual step, at least by Israeli standards, of addressing the Palestinians directly, talking to them as human beings. "We have been fated to live together on the same patch of land," he said. "We lead our lives with you, beside you and against you." He was also characteristically blunt about what each side could expect to achieve. "You will not get everything you want," he told them. "Neither will...
Corgan, 28, who grew up listening to bands like (surprise!) Led Zeppelin, is blunt in his criticism of some current trends in pop music. Punk rock, for instance, is "not what it was in 1977," he asserts, "and anybody who is old enough to remember knows the difference. It's being heralded as a new movement, and we all know it's bogus." On rock stars who moan about the high cost of fame: "They're total hypocrites. No one's putting a gun to your head to do videos, to do tours, to do interviews...