Word: frame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Faced with that possibility, the Egyptians had no choice but to demand his extradition. The extradition process involves both the Justice and State Departments, which means that their are plenty of opportunities for a screw-up. But the extended time frame also means that the Unites States could change its position and do the right thing...
Then there was the bomb -- made with military explosives and built right into the frame of a Toyota Land Cruiser, not just dropped into the trunk. Its internal mechanism bore the signature that the FBI had found in another bomb of undoubted Iraqi provenance. Asked if he was "certain" or just "highly confident" that Bush had been targeted by Saddam Hussein, a senior U.S. intelligence official tersely replied, "We're certain. Al-Ghazali was tasked specifically to kill President Bush...
...main exhibit in the Spanish pavilion is a room-size sculpture, featuring an oversize bed frame, wire mesh and chairs, by Antoni Tapies. Tapies 30 years ago was a painter of great distinction, but on the evidence of this cumbersome and vapid work, he has no talent for sculpture; he is there because the Spanish fixedly believe he is the successor to Picasso and Miro -- a nationalist illusion. The British pavilion, which in previous Biennales walked away with the show -- Frank Auerbach, Howard Hodgkin and the sculptor Tony Cragg -- contains a disappointing survey of recent work...
...offending magazine from circulation, saying that the cartoonist's intention had been misinterpreted. Was the illustration a come-on aimed at pedophiles? Let the reader judge: the ad consisted of a mock postcard. On one side was a drawing of a bare-breasted little girl in a heart-shaped frame with the inscription "From Thailand with Love." The greeting on the back, signed by "Werner, Gunter, Fritzl, Morsel and Joe," read, "Got to close now. The tarts in the Bangkok Baby Club are waiting...
...have come to the verge of calling them off. Our official policy was that until free and fair elections were held, we would maintain sanctions. But the problems facing our country -- 7 million people unemployed, rocketing crime, the violence and so on -- has made us revise our time frame. If the transitional executive council is installed and if an election date is set, we would call off sanctions...