Word: discordances
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leadership role in world affairs; at the same time, situations from Iraq to Kosovo are reminders that the U.S. can't do without the United Nations in the pursuit of its own national interests. The U.N. vote was ultimately a reminder that the real beneficiaries of the current discord between Washington and its allies are America?s enemies...
...there has been little discord or violence involved in the protests. However, with each passing day protesters, building occupants, police officers, administrators, students and faculty grow more tired and frustrated. While a violent outbreak is still unlikely, the only way to guarantee it won’t occur is to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Now is that time. Rudenstine, corporation members, student activists, please seize the mutual opportunity...
...Although Schröder's antics have caused discord, she could still be an asset to the party. As a forceful reminder of just how much the Green leadership has alienated the organization's left-wing grassroots since it came to power, Schröder could help re-invigorate the party's flagging spirit...
...when it comes to treading lightly, Bush is living up to his no-crushed-toes billing. At the post-meeting photo-op, Bush started spreading the love, calling the Fed chairman a "distinguished, thoughtful economist." And when reporters started sniffing for discord, Bush replied, "One of the things I'm certain that I should not do as President-elect is to try and put words in the mouth of Alan Greenspan...
...dogged by protesters and at which President Clinton sounded a note of caution amid a celebration of the wonders of the New Economy. Clinton had been burned only months earlier by the World Trade Organization debacle in Seattle, in which the combination of anti-globalization street protests and discord among the member states had prevented any progress in negotiating a new round of trade liberalization measures. He devoted his acclaimed speech to the need to ensure that the world's impoverished majority benefited from the promise of globalization...