Word: disrupter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some $60 million. What bang did Clinton get for his bucks? The missiles tore up some sheds and shacks at a training area in Afghanistan and demolished a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, which might or might not have been producing nerve-gas ingredients. The Tomahawks did not severely disrupt the bin Laden operation. But they gave the Administration the appearance of taking action in its war against terrorism. Best of all, no Americans had to fly through Pakistani airspace or risk possible death or capture in Afghanistan...
Shot in a wandering, often annoying quasi-documentary style that might be called faux verite, the movie sometimes seems its own slamfest of verbal and visual attitudinizing. But Levin is attentive to the rhythms and politics of street and prison life: shootings that disrupt a conversation, animosities expressed in upended food trays. Gradually, the film's earnestness pays dividends in accumulated passion; its colliding moods--dank pessimism and loopy sentimentality--finally embrace. And it's always nice to see an independent film made by people who aren't secretly angling to produce the next season of Caroline in the City...
...Malaysians right now is the value placed on human life. The stability of a country, especially a multiracial one like Malaysia, is of critical importance. Believe it or not, be we Malay, Chinese or Indian, we love one another as Malaysians. We don't need the media to disrupt our peaceful country with their coverage and play havoc with our multiracial feelings! We know ourselves best, so let us manage our country out of these economic woes. Mahathir may be a bit too blunt and straightforward in conveying his thoughts, but he is right on some points. Think about...
...Sharon's inclusion: "Israel's peace partners may not like what Sharon says, but they find him credible," says Beyer. "They believe that what he says really is his position, whereas Netanyahu has gained a reputation as being deceptive." And they know that if Sharon has the power to disrupt any deal on the Israeli side, it may be better to have him at the table...
...means and motives to hit the U.S. in Africa, but officials say Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi would have little to gain and much to lose if caught in such a brazen act of aggression. Investigators will also look toward renegade extremists within the Iranian government who seek to disrupt the inching rapprochement between the West and moderate President Mohammed Khatami. Sudan, one of the main havens for terrorists today, could have provided the bombers with training, money, explosives, phony documents, safe passage and refuge, but is not known to have undertaken operations abroad on its own behalf...