Word: coveted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...demanded in return. Netanyahu thinks Assad might be persuaded to stop harboring terrorist groups, but aside from that, he's not much interested in negotiating a full treaty. If not, so what? The Syrians have kept talking so far largely to please Washington, whose financial and diplomatic aid they covet, but Assad may be just as glad if Netanyahu takes an unyielding line: then Washington will blame Jerusalem for any failures...
...natural wonders of Siberia inspire the imagination of scientists and tourists; its vast riches beckon others. The taiga, the word used to describe the region's enormous forests, in particular has captured the attention of both foreigners and Russians. Japan, Korea and the U.S. covet the rich forests of southern Siberia. The Russian government sees its timber as a quick source of cash to prop up an economy that continues to flounder. Fearful of an economic collapse that might once again bring to power a hostile, nuclear-armed totalitarian regime, the U.S. is trying to promote the responsible exploitation...
...neon-color backpacks, some made in the U.S. The buyers are Cubans with dollars, but Jesus has none. He lacks relatives in America and does not work in a dollar-paying job. Is he bothered by his deprivation? He shrugs. "It's in the nature of the poor to covet what the rich have," he says. "All I can do is wait for a little bit of luck to fall from the sky." The rich? The poor? But what happened to the revolution? "What revolution?" Jesus snaps. "The revolution ended a long time ago. What we have...
What hard-pressed executive would not covet the boons conferred on the depressed and integrity-ridden Will after he's nipped on the wrist by a rough beast slouching along a Vermont roadway? All his senses are suddenly sharpened: he can smell liquor on a colleague's breath at a dozen paces, overhear plotting phone calls far down the corridor, even -- literally -- sniff out his wife's affair with his chief rival (James Spader). He becomes, you might say, an animal in bed. And he, naturally, develops a taste for the jugular in matters of business...
...only real job is to wait for the former's death. Nixon faced the great test of this uneasy relationship when Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in September 1955. It was up to Nixon to chair Cabinet meetings and generally run the White House machinery without ever seeming to covet the power that lay just beyond his fingertips. He did the job tactfully and skillfully throughout the weeks of Eisenhower's recovery...