Word: furiousness
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Bush ought to be furious at Boykin, because, until now, greater understanding and embrace of Islam have been real achievements of the Bush Administration. Even as America's victory in the Iraq war turns to ash, Bush can take pride that Americans have a greater appreciation that Muslims and their religion add to the richness of our great ethnic stew. And without Bush's special emphasis, the opposite might easily have happened...
...more attacks on his soldiers. Yaalon blames Sharon's hard-line policies for also contributing to the downfall of Mahmoud Abbas, who became the Palestinian Prime Minister in April, offering hope for the peace talks, but who resigned four months later. Sharon, an unapologetic and often uncompromising hawk, was furious with Yaalon for his statements. Sharon's office initially demanded a retraction, then backed off, realizing that taking on the army - Israel's most popular institution - probably wasn't a good idea. Still, Yaalon's critique could subtly alter the dynamic in the region. Abbas resigned in frustration after Palestinian...
Powers calls the 1968 Harvard-Yale game the greatest game ever played in the stadium, a 29-29 tie, in which the Crimson made a furious 16-point rally in the final minute. The pressure on Harvard coaches was enormous, Powers said...
...rest of his money to public education, preferably in Detroit. After doing some research, he offered $200 million to build 15 small, independent public high schools in the inner city. A few weeks ago, Thompson withdrew his offer after the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) led a furious, and scurrilous, campaign against his generosity. The philanthropist is in seclusion now-friends say he is stunned and distressed-but his is a story that deserves telling...
Many in the State Department, including the U.S. special envoy to Bosnian peace talks and the U.S. ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, were furious. The Washington Post reported on Sept. 1, 1994, “What State Department officials found especially disturbing was a photograph of Clark and Mladic wearing each other’s caps. The picture appeared in several European newspapers, U.S. officials said. Clark accepted as gifts Mladic’s hat, a bottle of brandy and a pistol inscribed in Cyrillic, U.S. officials said. ‘It’s like cavorting with Hermann Goering...