Word: impressing
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...music from West Side Story. A routine that relies on such familiar strains is unlikely to meet with the resistance Reflections did. But this time the Duchesnays risk the unthinkable: appearing trite. "With West Side Story, it's twice as hard to come up with something that will impress people," admits Isabelle. "We're trying to show people that even with the old stuff, you can turn it around and do something else...
...Japan have a long, fractious history of disputes over immigration, investment and trade. President Theodore Roosevelt had a few brushes with the Japanese at the beginning of the century. He struck an intelligent note: "I am exceedingly anxious to impress upon the Japanese that I have nothing but the friendliest possible intentions toward them, but I am nonetheless anxious that they should realize that I am not afraid of them and that the U.S. will no more submit to bullying than it will bully." Japanese- American dealings are often distorted by cultural misperceptions -- and the Japanese know how to maneuver...
...comes across as a real guy," said Sean R. Lauer, a graduate student in sociology at UNH. "Paul seems to be the only one who is down toearth and isn't looking to impress anyone," saidJayne Marcucci, a UNH first-year who joinedTsongas's campaign the day before the speech...
...state of grace and risking terminal boredom. To cope with the awkward fact that the red star still flies over the head of 1.2 billion Chinese, he argues that the Beijing regime no longer qualifies as totalitarian; it "has become just another Asian authoritarian state." This distinction would not impress the victims of Tiananmen...
...connection between a vigorous foreign policy and a healthy economy. He is right that , world commerce in general and U.S.-Japan trade in particular must be fair as well as free; indeed, it must be fair in order to be free. Those are legitimate points for Bush to impress on Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. But then the two leaders should turn the matter over to their aides and move on to other business...