Word: fending
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more fundamental criticism of the way Greenspan has tried to keep his balance between several constituencies. According to this line of attack, Greenspan, who fiercely resisted White House pressure for lower interest rates during the Bush Administration, has sought to make an ally of Clinton in an effort to fend off those in Congress who want to encroach on the Fed's autonomy. At the same time, he has tried to satisfy the inflation hawks inside the Fed. The result, say some critics, is that his approach to fighting inflation has been too gradual. Instead of soothing the markets...
...army, as some claim. "When you get in trouble with the Serbs, please turn to us before raising hell," snapped Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vitaly Churkin at the Bonn gathering. "There is nothing that would require strong words or strong actions." NATO countries, partly to help Boris Yeltsin fend off ultranationalists in his country who deride him as Washington's lapdog, saw little choice but to bargain, though some had reservations about what one Washington observer privately called "Russia's greatest diplomatic coup in 10 years...
Director Justin Levitt seems to have just let the other characters fend for themselves. Whereas some do flesh out their roles (most notably Jessica Yager's wonderfully coy Doctor and Richard Gardner's hilarious bumbling Justice), others simply read their lines and exit. The set, also by Levitt, never quite takes on the majesty of the British courts but rather looks like a small claims court. Costumes are period enough, though the attorney's wigs sometimes make them look like Marilyn Monroe impersonators. These factors detract from the play's tenuous attempts to be intense and powerful drama...
...whole economy is in a state of advanced decay. After more than 30 years of Soviet-style socialism, life has turned much worse during what the Cubans call the "special period," the four years since the Berlin Wall crashed and carried away the Soviet lifelines. Cuba must now fend for itself...
...recently said in The New York Times, "is not going to become an oppressed citizenry." The National Rifle Association constantly employs this rhetoric when it fights restrictions on access to weapons. Stevens' Patrick Henryesque oratory is appealing, but are government agents today so threatening that we need Uzis to fend them...