Word: furiousness
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...that this is in no way the first step towards abandoning the settlements. This is a government far more ideologically pro-settler than the previous one, even if the previous one was putting the future of settlements on the negotiating table but continued to build them at a furious pace...
TIME.com: Beijing is furious that Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian is visiting the U.S. and meeting with congressmen in New York. Is the fact that there are more official contacts with Chen a sign of a U.S. policy shift on Taiwan...
...Jeffords may portray himself as the most conservative member of the Vermont congressional delegation, but he's one of the most moderate and independent- minded Republicans in the Senate. And he's giving Bush fits. The White House was furious with Jeffords' refusal to support Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut, which forced Lott to compromise on a lower number. There were dark rumors coming from Republicans that Jeffords would be punished for not supporting the President. Go ahead and you'll drive him out of the party, Jeffords aides threatened back. Vermonters love independents and Democrats...
...those who still remember the election, when Democrats and Republicans temporarily swapped positions on states' rights, the policy group advises the president to empower the federal government to seize land for the construction of electricity transmission lines. Governors and state representatives are already furious. The rest of us can just think of it as a small reminder of the eagerness with which the two parties are willing to overstep the usual bounds of the federalist debate when it's convenient...
...Dien Bien Phu in 1954 prompted France to sign a withdrawal agreement at Geneva. The Geneva agreement temporarily divided the country into northern and southern zones for purposes of demobilization, pending nationwide elections for an independent government. But with the Cold War in full swing, the U.S. was furious at the French for setting up a Southeast Asian "domino" to fall to the communist bloc, and set about reversing the decision. And they found a willing partner in the Bao Dai government, later led by Ngo Dien Diem, which had been set up by the French in the late...