Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For a few days, hopes ran high: A new reformist government, headed by the "moderate" communist Imre Nagy, held out the hope of a more democratic, independent Hungary--"socialism with a human face," as the leaders of the Prague spring of 1968 were to proclaim. But in Budapest as later...
And then, with 45 million people watching on TV, Kemp was judged to have badly lost his debate against Gore. That's what three instant TV polls said. That's what a panel of debate coaches said. And worst of all for Kemp, that's what prominent Republicans said, on...
There was the construction paper to make red, orange and yellow flames in the bricked-up fireplace; sugar and a case of Coke for early morning consumption every day; four more weeks of underwear and socks (flips flops can't be worn in the snow). The List goes on. I...
After the Blair House confrontation, the summit was on the edge of disaster. On Wednesday morning Arafat phoned Christopher and threatened to leave Washington. "We were nowhere," says an Administration official. "In fact, we were worse off than when they arrived." Christopher summoned senior Israeli and Palestinian ministers and negotiators...
Carter dismissed this as a sham. "It won't put the brakes on them at all," he warns. King counters that the total ban would cost the state 15,000 jobs and over $1 billion. "Jonathan [Carter] asked the right question, but he gave the wrong answer," says King. "His...