Word: direness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alleged assassin been a Palestinian national, the peace process might have suffered more dire consequences. But Rabin--not just a Jew, but the first native-born prime minister of Israel--was shot by one of his own people. Though the prospects for peace have not been hurt as much, the killing of Rabin by a Jew will have lasting consequences...
...said he would feel obligated to support the theater if its situation becomes dire...
...Just as dire an imbalance shows up on the U.N.'s moral ledgers. With the debacle of Bosnia, in which a "protective" contingent of Blue Helmets could scarcely protect itself, respect for the institution as peacekeeper went into nearly full eclipse. A world that once saw U.N. personnel as angels of redemption witnessed the sight last December of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali enduring jeers on the streets of Sarajevo. Earlier last year, the peacekeeping sentinel sat on his hands as a volcanic outbreak of bloodshed in Rwanda engulfed half a million people. What appears now to be a prospect...
...products and whose board members put their own interests first," Botha suspects that devolution of peacekeeping authority to the regional level could bring the same strengths as any corporate shake-up nowadays. Najman goes further. He thinks the U.N. will increasingly turn to "contracting" out its duties as dire needs arise, the way NATO shouldered responsibilities in Bosnia...
Eroding relations between undergraduates and the graduate board may also have to do with dire financial straits...