Word: flinch
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...rape victim has always been the most nettlesome case for right-to-lifers, they explain, and they want to demonstrate that their remedy is redemptive even in extremis. There is no point in screaming, because you cannot be heard. There is no point in fighting, because your captors may flinch but will meticulously turn the other cheek, trying to shame you with sanctimony. And there is no point in reasoning, because their minds are made up about what God wants and the necessity of following his will...
...June ((when)) the Security Council unwisely made ((Aidid's)) capture and trial an essential part of the mission." But back in June, while warning of a potential quagmire, the Times said, "Threatening General Aidid with arrest seems a minimal way of expressing international condemnation." And "Mr. Clinton dare not flinch . . . If the world's might cannot prevail against a Somali warlord, then what hope is there for collective security...
...will never go Hollywood, but Hollywood is welcome to go Tommy Lee Jones -- if it can look him in the eye and not flinch...
...crying. Clad in a black skirt and green woolen jacket, with her hair tied back with a ribbon, she has dressed as if she might be going to lunch with friends. To get there she walked along the airport road dubbed Snipers' Alley, and she does not flinch at the crack of rifle fire and the occasional thud of exploding shells. "I have seven people at home, and my friend was supposed to meet me here to help me carry water, but she hasn't come," says Tutundzic. "No one else can help me. My two sons are wounded...
Miyazawa, standing nearby, didn't flinch. As expected, he suggested that a piece of his government's recent $116 billion stimulus package would end up paying for American-made goods (Clinton seemed underwhelmed), but he stood firm against "managed trade." Whether or not the two leaders really thought they could reduce America's $49 billion trade deficit with Japan harmoniously, they did promise to come up with a detailed plan to do so within three months. Of course, with the troubles Miyazawa's party is having at home, he may not be around that long...