Word: brinks
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...beyond casting a vote, because I just didn't think I could make a difference in an insider's game," computer technician Marc Bories, 50, tells his Motivé-e-s colleagues at the Puerto Habana meeting. "In Toulouse today, we in Motivé-e-s are on the brink of making a real difference. That's something new." Not entirely, since citizens' movements have arisen elsewhere before-though none marching to quite the same music as Toulouse's Motiv...
...Gulf War, he bet on Saddam. This was all well before Arafat was ever on speaking terms with the Israelis, prior to winning the Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Shimon Peres for Oslo. That was supposed to be the old Arafat. So why has he gone to the brink again...
...consider Arafat a traitor. Allegations of high-level corruption and mishandling of funds abound throughout the West Bank and Gaza. According to a recent United Nations report, the Palestinian economy suffered a loss of $1.15 billion over the first four months of the uprising and is on the brink of financial ruin. Although the uprising itself exacted an enormous financial toll, it is widely believed that Arafat's autocratic handling of Palestinian finances has greatly exacerbated the situation...
...romance nurtured by NASCAR in Days of Thunder, tested by the Irish accents of Far and Away and pushed to the soft-core brink by Eyes Wide Shut. And now it's over. TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN didn't make a single good movie together, but they were still the international glamour couple of the '90s, and when press rep Pat Kingsley announced the end of their 10-year marriage due to the "difficulties inherent in divergent careers," people the world over wondered what exactly Kingsley was talking about. Since the couple shared a vocation, worked together frequently...
...brink of becoming governor, Swift will face an uphill battle because of her past...