Word: faint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...island off Greece, where thousands of beautiful people between the ages of 22 and 25 gather each summer to lie on the white cliffs, roll in the black sand, swim in the blue sea, and hump like little Greek bunny rabbits. Though the two Americans are initially restrained by faint Puritan twinges, they become intoxicated by the hedonistic atmosphere and make their share of whoopie in a water bed-equipped villa on a hill...
...faint whaps detectable in American League ballparks from time to time-they seem to be coming from under the stands-are soggy balls of adhesive tape being served up by clubhouse boys and batted flat against the tile walls by a semidiscarded old ballplayer working to keep his eye, even as the defensive halves of the innings go on without him. "Making a great play in the field always meant as much to me as a hit. I miss that," says Yaz, taking a deliberate drag from an omnipresent cigarette (he claims he never inhales). "I miss The Wall...
...Such faint hopes seem far removed from the immediate risks of Saddam Hussein's possible demise. Several gulf rulers are exasperated by what they see as Washington's lack of concern about the consequences of an Iranian invasion of Iraq. Indeed, some Arab analysts believe that Saddam Hussein's forthcoming battle could prove to be the most crucial military encounter in the Middle East in recent times. They predict that a Khomeini sweep into Iraq, conducted with the backing of the Soviet Union, would establish a pro-Iranian regime in Iraq that would then make its peace...
Until last week's resignations, the U.S. harbored faint hope about the National Salvation Committee's chances for success. Jumblatt had finally been persuaded by Habib to leave his native village in central Lebanon and join the negotiations. Habib provided Jumblatt with a car and a safe-conduct pass for his trip to the presidential palace in Baabda. That kind of skillful arranging was only one of the rare blend of talents that Habib, 62, brought to his latest daunting assignment. Last year it was the blunt-spoken Habib who persuaded Israel and the P.L.O. to accept...
...were neutralized and the Syrians persuaded to depart the country, there would be a chance that a strong, stable Lebanese government could be shaped from the various Christian and Muslim factions that shared power before the 1975-76 civil war. The battering of the P.L.O. military forces also raised faint hopes that such moderate states as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, freed from the threat of Palestinian reprisals, might join Egypt in the Camp David peace process. On the other hand, there was a grave danger that radicalized remnants of the P.L.O. might launch a new wave of international terror...