Word: coax
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Clinton remains optimistic that he can eventually coax them to agreement, but the key argument may come down to cold cash: How much for each side from the U.S. government? The 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt still costs the U.S. about $5 billion in annual foreign aid. Just before Christmas, Amos Yaron, director general of the Israeli Defense Ministry, visited the Pentagon with a wish list of cruise missiles, attack helicopters, surveillance planes and missile defense hardware that Israel says it needs to feel safe in giving up the Heights. U.S. generals choked when their calculators spit...
That grim outlook may be about to change. Scientists have been experimenting with a new way--based on a form of gene therapy--to coax the heart into growing new blood vessels to replace old worn-out ones, and doctors who have been performing the procedure are becoming more and more excited by the results. Reports of their progress have spread through the scientific community for the past year. But not until last week, when the leading researchers gathered in Atlanta at a brainstorming meeting to which TIME was given exclusive access, did it become clear how far they have...
...drifted from her childhood friends and started hanging out with an older crowd. "It was total detachment," recalls her mother Joan. "We'd keep wondering if the old Leigh was still in there." And nothing--not favorite activities like shopping at the mall or sessions with a therapist--would coax...
...real show-stealer was the Kennedys (Pete Kennedy and his wife Maura Boudreau), who had the final performance on the Showcase Stage. So Pete had bad hair--still, when he lifted up his old guitar to thump, tweak and coax out crowd-rousing guitar solos that flew from Spanish-style romances to jazzy Broadway show tunes, you forgot all about it. The captivating backgrounds of their songs were impressive as well: they wove classics like Faure's "Pavane" and Bach's Jesu, "Joy of Man's Desiring" into songs inspired by remote sources such as Greek myth...
...easing of sanctions is symbolically important in continuing Washington?s policy of using economic inducements to coax better behavior out of the rogue state. Congressional critics might add that it could also be taken as a vindication of North Korea?s policy of extorting economic concessions out of the West by behaving badly and threatening worse. Five years ago, North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for a massive energy assistance program from South Korea, the U.S. and Japan. When those countries were slow to deliver on promised energy aid, Pyongyang feinted toward rebuilding its nuclear...