Word: homeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...malnutrition and the Kurds existing day-to-day by the humor of Saddam's Republican Guard, the Americans expressed concern about the situation. They bolstered the program of weapons inspections, the condition for lifting sanctions. The government stated it thought inspections would go smoothly and the troops could go home...
This quagmire exists silently, it seems: bombs dropping on the plains of the world's most ancient civilizations with the cameras all gone home, the news media no longer interested. Standing on the corner waiting for a cable car in San Francisco, I wondered did anyone still know or care about the situation...
Apparently some, but the news there is also not encouraging. I returned home a week later and heard the Sept. 1 NPR "Talk of the Nation," which discussed the issue for an hour with Patrick Clawson, the director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Rania Masri, the coordinator of the Iraq Action Coalition. "Discussed" might be a bit too euphemistic for the polite attempt to maintain any semblance of decorum that ensued. Exchanging charges of American obstinance and anti-Islamic biases with claims of Iraqi corruption and noncompliance, the guests agreed on very little except...
...looks that way again ? the Chiefs have lost both starting cornerbacks, their coach and probably what's left of their dignity after an awful preseason, while the Bears are pinning their hopes on the flaccid left arm of Cade McKnown. Still, Bears getting three points in front of the home folks against the Griefs is irresistible...
DIAL IN STYLE Every year or two the designers at Denmark's Bang & Olufsen set new standards of cool for home electronics. This fall they hope to lure buyers with their new BeoCom 6000 cordless phone. The wedge-shaped handset (in blue, red, green or black) sits on a pyramid-shaped base and has a dialing wheel that makes it easy to scan and store numbers. Is it worth the $475 price? Good question...