Word: braved
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...present an economic blueprint on Jan. 21 were postponed six weeks. After condemning as "callous" the Bush policy of turning back boatloads of Haitians, including those with valid asylum claims, Clinton had to reverse himself when he found out that as many as 10,000 Haitians were preparing to brave dangerous seas once he was sworn in. Last week he embraced the Bush policy, at least for the time being, and urged the would-be immigrants to stay home. The Coast Guard dispatched a special armada of 17 cutters and patrol boats to turn back anyone who ignored Clinton...
...Lennox or Bonnie Raitt or Mary-Chapin Carpenter can find shading in passion, a smile in sorrow. Especially in sorrow. For these artists, love is a thing felt most deeply when it's lost. So their songs are mostly past tense: the awful stuff that happened to them, the brave face they can put on it. They must be survivors, because they sure can sing about what death feels like. They were there; they're still here...
...does not hesitate to call the Gulf War "one of the great disgraces in our history," he equally stays clear of reflex anti-Establishmentism: at times, he says, he has been obliged to remind more militant friends that police self-discipline makes this "a very easy country to be brave...
...shade of the UNTAC umbrella, there is a heartening political spring in Cambodia. Alongside several brave Cambodian groups, UNTAC is promoting human-rights ideas. At least 14 political parties have sprung up to contest the election, including one with the Stars and Stripes as its symbol. Hun Sen's ruling communists have renamed themselves the Cambodian People's Party, but find it hard to escape their Marxist, pro-Vietnamese history or reputation for corruption and brutality. Their principal competitor is the nationalist, anticommunist party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's former ruler...
...simple and yet, it seems, so elusive, are apparently the secret of her exemplary reign. In Elizabeth R, the Queen becomes eloquent when reflecting on her own outlook. She recalls the moment when she gave a young soldier an award for gallantry: "I said, 'That was a very brave thing to do.' He said, 'Och, it was just the training.' I have a feeling that, in the end, probably that is the answer to a great many things...