Word: hastened
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...will take much longer for Europe to digest the full meaning of the rejection. "No" voters didn't have much in common: French socialists feared the constitution would hasten the advent of "Anglo-Saxon" free markets; Dutch conservatives were angry about immigration and their lopsided contribution to the E.U. budget. Voters of all stripes just wanted to give their unpopular governments a kicking. Their main gripes include persistent high unemployment and low growth in much of Europe. That stagnation fuels a fear of the future, of which the E.U. has become a major symbol...
...denied involvement in Kassir's death, but public pressure is mounting on pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud. This week, tens of thousands of protesters plan to converge on the presidential palace to demand that the increasingly isolated Lahoud resign. Kassir would have appreciated the irony that his death could hasten Lahoud's departure...
...your story on death-row inmates who want to hasten the date of their execution [April 25]: I can see no reason to deny them their wish to die. The expense of keeping such criminals alive in prison--with three square meals a day, medical and dental care, access to the Internet, books and television--could be better spent on intervention programs to keep young people from a life of crime...
That view may prove overly pessimistic. Yet it was only too obvious last week that the war's psychic scars remain tender after four decades. Statesmen who try to hasten the healing, for the most laudable of reasons, must do so cautiously and with respect for the ghosts of the past. --By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett/Washington and William McWhirter/Bonn, with other bureaus
Whether that temporary epiphany can hasten true equality between the sexes remains to be seen. Like most U.N. ideals, the warm feelings of sisterly unity that infused Nairobi may be difficult to translate into concrete action in the rough-and-tumble forum of international politics. But many women nevertheless voiced their determination to try. Said Filipino Irene Santiago, of the Asian Women's Research and Action Network: "We are preparing for the long haul." --By Susan Tifft. Reported by Jane O'Reilly and Maryanne Vollers/Nairobi WOMEN WORLDWIDE...