Word: grande
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...surprise then that Roh Moo Hyun's political opponents in Seoul immediately cast aspersions on the summit, saying it was more for show and about politics than peace on the Korean peninsula. Roh's term ends this year, and the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) leads in most polls taken so far in the lead-up to presidential elections to be held in December. Opposition politicians noted that the summit takes place just one week after the GNP selects its candidate for the December election. "Rhetorical declarations of peace with North Korea don't amount to anything without concrete actions...
...Tangier to New York City. Meanwhile his itinerary is monitored by CIA types - the pompous, desperate, George Tenet-y David Strathairn, and the more sympathetic, Hillaryesque Joan Allen - on world-scanning computer screens. They might be watching a video game. Certainly they're trying to play Bourne like one: Grand Theft Ego. He's a weapon they created, but to their chagrin he's in control of the trigger; he keeps going off and killing the thugs they've assigned to kill him. "He's really good at staying alive," Allen says of Bourne, extending the movie-monster motif...
...dare let the artifacts travel to the mainland for fear that they might not return. (Sportingly, China has loaned objects in the other direction - earlier this year, the National Palace Museum received 12 sets of rare 12th century porcelain from Henan, and gave them big play in a grand reopening exhibition following a long renovation...
...coasted to the Prime Ministership last September, Shinzo Abe often spoke of his grand ambitions to remake Japan's postwar system and enlarge the country's role on the world stage. But after what is shaping up to be a catastrophic performance in Sunday's elections for the Japanese Diet's Upper House, it may be the Japanese public's turn to reshape the administration of Shinzo Abe - if his government survives...
Submissions to the Times’ college essay contest are due August 6 and limited to 1,200 words in length. In addition to the grand prize winner, five semifinalists will have their essays published on the Magazine’s Web site...