Word: feared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Close associates of Hillary's presented the portrait of pain in the days leading up to the President's Aug. 17 testimony: Clinton's fear of this moment had been palpable, says a friend in whom he confided on the eve of his private confession. He had to tell Hillary not only what exactly had been going on in their own house but also admit the fact that he had handed their mortal enemy the weapons that Starr could use to kill them. The next day, the friend could sense how badly it had gone: Hillary seemed a different person...
...Administration--seems as elusive as ever. The already weak Iraqi opposition groups to whom the U.S. has given its blessing watched last week's raids with a sense of mounting dread. The Administration has so far withheld outright military assistance for a guerrilla campaign, and would-be recipients fear the bombings will create a false impression of progress toward Saddam's ouster. "Saddam can emerge as a hero who faced down U.S. imperialism," said Hamid Bayati, spokesman for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, an opposition group backed by Iran. "He will attract more sympathy for Iraq among...
...four nights now they have had something horrific to fear. But the lights still blazed in the city each night in typical Iraqi bravado. Shops show off wares that only black marketeers can afford to buy, and in the night-vision goggles of American pilots, they signal Iraq's defiance. Streetlamps cast a reassuring sulfur glow, though only a modest number of cars race the highway behind al-Rasheed Hotel downtown. It is not that Iraqis are afraid or battened down in their bomb shelters. There is little to keep them out after dark, even on a peaceful night before...
...start over the next day. At night, when Roosevelt gathered his band of political warriors around him, there was robust laughter and the tinkle of his martini pitcher and his long cigarette holder pointed at a rakish angle, which signaled to everybody that the U.S. was rising from its fear...
...Saleh's (and presumably Saddam Hussein's) objection comes out of a fear that oil for food means sanctions will continue indefinitely, since it allows the West to make the dubious argument that sanctions actually benefit the Iraqi people by ensuring that they get at least some food. So while Saleh is backing down for now, expect this to be revisited again in the coming months before the program comes up for renewal...