Word: coax
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...began John Hancock in perhaps the most eloquent justification of secession in the modern era. Unfortunately, such eloquence and reason are rarely to be seen nowadays, especially among those who would wrest Quebec from Canada. Just north of the border, an elaborate campaign is being waged to coax Quebec to sovereignty. It is poorly conceived, desperate and groundless. Thank God Quebecers are smart enough to see right through...
Gewanter helps students take their five-minute gags and coax them into sustainable plots. He refers frequently to Aristotle's Poetics and quotes obscure Latin profundities like a Zen master turned Classics scholar. Than in the same breath, he'll praise SNL's stalker sketches. As one of his students comments, "He's very well versed in literature, but he keeps his critically-trained eye to pop culture...
...those expectations, Harvard's victory seemed Pyrrhic at best. The Crimson gave up 397 yards total offense, blew an 18-point lead and, in general, had to coax a John Elwayesque late-game performance out at senior quarterback Vin Ferrara to snatch the win. Conventional wisdom was that Saturday's game was hardly a promising beginning...
President Clinton has authorized a last-minute, high-level delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter to Port-au-Prince to coax the Haitian leaders out without bloodshed. They're expected to leave within 24 hours, and Clinton pledged to hold the invasion at least until his envoys begin their return trip. Flanking Carter are retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell and Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn. Earlier, Clinton met with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who pledged amnesty to opponents once he is restored. The surprise White House announcement capped a day of apparent...
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared a United Nations effort to coax Haiti's leaders out of power a failure, after the junta refused to meet with a U.N. envoy Monday. And today, four Carribean countries agreed to supply 266 peacekeeping soldiers to police Haiti after a possible U.S. invasion. At a meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, senior U.S. officials elicited the troop promises from Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and Belize, but the three other Caribbean Community members with armies -- Guyana, the Bahamas and Antigua -- balked at the last minute without immediate explanation. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and Deputy Defense...