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...permitted to annex Kuwait," he vowed, to thunderous applause. "That's not a threat, not a boast. That's just the way it's going to be." Yes, he felt great sympathy for the hostages held by the Iraqi leader. "But our policy cannot change," he said, his finger stabbing at the air. "And it will not change...
...Your finger trembles with a Tetrislike anxiety over the possible mathematic combinations. In frustration and anger, you begin to dream of the ideal voice mail message...
Part of the mayor's problem is style. Unlike the prickly Koch, Dinkins rarely raises his voice and disdains the finger-in-your-chest aggressiveness that has characterized New York politicians since the days of Tammany Hall. He is far more comfortable in quiet back-room negotiations than in public confrontations with unhappy constituents. His finest hour may have been the lavish hero's welcome the city provided in June for South African leader Nelson Mandela, for whom New York's warring ethnic groups seemed to put aside their differences during a three-day celebration of racial harmony...
...were out of town three weeks ago did Sununu get his way. He persuaded the President to interrupt his vacation -- and his direction of the U.S. response to Saddam's aggression -- to blast the Democrats for the impasse. That awkwardly timed sally appeared to embarrass Bush. He concluded his finger-pointing speech by promising to become "more statesmanlike and try to resolve this national problem...
...eyes, I'm jabbing at the air with the electronic glove that is supposed to be my steering wheel. But like the dreamer in a nightmare who tries to leap out of the way of a speeding locomotive and finds his legs won't work, I'm pointing my finger and bending my thumb every which way with no visible result. Feeling more and more foolish in my futuristic headgear, I'm stranded in space above a cartoon rendering of a corner of Washington State, the victim of a computer simulation gone horribly awry...