Word: frets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dufour, a director of the Credit Lyonnais, dismisses the fears of Ovitz's critics who fret about conflicts of interest. Ovitz will meet with the bankers often, maybe monthly, but Dufour says Ovitz will wield no operational power over the studio. "Absolutely not. False -- completely wrong," he says. "MGM has its own management. MGM makes its own decisions. We do not tell it what to do; nor will anyone else." His presence, however, will inevitably be felt by studio executives and by moviemakers cutting MGM deals...
...other cities. In December Mubarak ordered 14,000 police and 100 armored personnel carriers to sweep Imbaba, a Cairo neighborhood known to be a sanctuary for extremists. Hundreds of fundamentalists were arrested. Still, the antigovernment attacks continue. Authorities now worry about the proliferation of small terrorist groups; diplomats fret about ham-fisted tactics. "The danger," warns an envoy, "is that fundamentalists may attain a level of faith that invites martyrdom...
...risks to deliver food and medicines to suffering Bosnians? Or back away from responsibility? Initially wary of a venture he feared might jeopardize the safety of peacekeepers on the ground, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali eventually endorsed the plan, but some members of the Security Council continued to fret privately about the wisdom of the airlift. European allies suspected Clinton's initiative might have resulted from the need to be seen as doing something more active -- a public relations ploy designed to display American leadership. But the airlift also signaled a degree of U.S. engagement that the Europeans have...
EVERY ONE OF US KNOWS THE SENSATION OF GOING UP, on retreat, to a high place and feeling ourselves so lifted up that we can hardly imagine the circumstances of our usual lives, or all the things that make us fret. In such a place, in such a state, we start to recite the standard litany: that silence is sunshine, where company is clouds; that silence is rapture, where company is doubt; that silence is golden, where company is brass...
...Clinton column. But on balance, Perot's vote potential seems greatest in states that Bush must capture in order to reach the magic number of 270 electoral votes. "We'll take that trade any day," says a campaign adviser. While that analysis should make Clintonians happy, they nonetheless fret about Perot. Their lead has endured for 11 weeks, allowing them to firm up plans for the climactic weeks while the Bush camp must improvise. For Clinton, new elements add uncertainties that can be dangerous. He has been cautious in recent days, reluctant to take unnecessary risks...