Word: discordances
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...also grateful for my aforementioned colleagues, without whom this whole ride would have been unthinkable. I will miss them all dearly, and, though we certainly had our moments of disagreement and discord, I can’t help but remember them for times of hilarity and happiness we shared. They understand what I do now—that being a sportswriter is largely a labor of love, born first of being a fan and followed by a dedication to the craft. Each of us in the graduating class gave it our all in our own unique ways and, though...
While the regime held power, few dared to speak of any discord between the brothers, who have three sisters and a seldom-mentioned half-brother from Saddam's second marriage. But insiders are now opening up with tales of great strains between them. These tensions may help explain why, according to both a family servant and the source familiar with Uday's surrender bid, the brothers went separate ways when it came time to go into hiding. Uday, the second source says, is laying low with a number of aides, while Saddam and Qusay remained together, until recently at least...
...resolved, simply, to meet again 10 days from now. And the U.S. plans to hold similar meetings in other parts of the country, hoping to arrange some form of national assembly to adopt a constitution and plan for elections to be held within a year. Given the extent of discord, that timetable may be optimistic...
...doorstep of her new home, 10 Downing Street, the new leader cited the compassionate litany of St. Francis of Assisi: "Where there is discord, let there be harmony." It would be the last conciliatory message from this aggressive, even strident, Prime Minister, who boasted, "I am not a consensus politician, I am a conviction politician!" Her conservative creed transformed Britain: she broke the unions' stranglehold, flogged the business world out of complacency, altered the welfare-state mentality and boldly fought a war over the Falkland Islands, some 8,000 miles away. And she did it all her way. --By Bonnie...
...most troubling about this war is the Bush administration’s use (or misuse) of language, its refusal to confront the moral complexities of a situation that makes its moral platitudes irrelevant and irresponsible. As we go barreling into a war that involves regional instability and international discord, it seems reckless to have only two words in our diplomatic arsenal: “good” and “evil.” What happened to “statesmanship” “consensus” “debate?...