Word: clings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sake companions that he wanted more freedom to move around. Some Japanese thought him irresponsible for leaving so abruptly. "He's stepping down in the middle of things," said Tamotsu Dendo, 41, a piano tuner. But others praised Hosokawa for not succumbing to the obsessive desire to cling to high office. "His manner of retreat was refreshing," says senior Diet member Kozo Watanabe...
...many African immigrants, unlike Oluloro, still cling to the tradition of their homeland. In Seattle internist Carol Horowitz has treated more than 20 Somali refugees, virtually all with the most severe form of mutilation. Yet, she notes, "some of them say they understand that circumcision isn't done here, and they feel sad about it." Adds Horowitz: "If your only message is that this is barbaric, women who have been circumcised will be less likely to seek the medical care they need. They're not doing it to their children to hurt them. They're doing it because they love...
Albania has had a tumultous adolescence. According to Vrioni, the communists still cling to power. "They still survive. They were 48 years in power which is a hell of a lot of period time." Vrioni says "hell" the way she says "absolutely"--with iron conviction. "We still have difficulties separating them and destroying them. They have spies everywhere. They know everything...
Failing to follow the law students' path of toning down protest, the protesting undergraduates cling desperately to the era of wasted youth (why yes, that is a double entendre). These pesky protesters just don't know when to quit...
...only taken the next small step, in assuming that its particular perspective is in some way superior. There will always be those, in some bizarre twist of fascist logic, who cling to a society delineated and determined by one's race and heritage...