Word: detours
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Maybe so, but even the Administration has conceded that the Middle East crisis has shoved action against Iraq onto the back burner. When the White House announced a Middle East peace conference last week, a senior Administration official said, "This is a detour, and we have to get around it." Hard-liners, however, think delaying an attack against Saddam because of the Middle East conflict simply means giving him breathing space to perfect his weapons of mass destruction. "Time is not on our side, and Saddam is running out the clock," says Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security...
...Maybe so, but even the Administration has conceded that the Middle East crisis has shoved action against Iraq onto the back burner. When the White House announced a Middle East peace conference last week, a senior Administration official said, "This is a detour, and we have to get around it." Hard-liners, however, think delaying an attack against Saddam because of the Middle East conflict simply means giving him breathing space to perfect his weapons of mass destruction. "Time is not on our side, and Saddam is running out the clock," says Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security...
...detour down Lorong Love?reputedly the former hangout of prostitutes?0leads to the very respectable premises of the Lim Tan Tin shop, where Lim Meng Hooi and her three brothers carry on the family business: selling and repairing mah-jongg sets. The Chinese love of gambling has been subdued in Islamic Malaysia, but it hasn't been stamped out. Says Lim: "One group of four people or just a family playing is O.K. More than that, the police come and take everyone to court...
...danger I see in making lists is that we lose our spontaneity, that we focus too intently on well-formed plans and thereby miss the opportunities that never could have been anticipated—the detour down the side street in Porter Square, the directionless walk that leads to unseen vistas, the thrill of surfacing at the least familiar T stop just to see what’s there. By focusing on what we ought to do, we allow tradition to dictate what should give our college experience meaning instead of setting out to inhere meaning...
...Bali because of a lack of attractions. Pristine beaches ring the island and many, particularly in the southeast, remain untouched. Snorkeling, diving and surfing can be world-class, and new sites are being discovered all the time. Climbing the active 3,726-m-high volcano Rinjani (see Detour) offers some of the more spectacular and secluded hiking in the whole of Southeast Asia. Even those who want little more than a spot to sunbathe should take time to explore central Lombok and the lush rice terraces contouring the fertile lower crater slopes...