Word: intransigente
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The plan was crafted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her French, German and British counterparts. The E.U. trio requested a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, now set for Feb. 2, to consider referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council. If the case goes there, the...
In South Africa, the dilemma has become even more vexing as the Botha government, swaying between reform and repression, finds itself accused by non- whites of being too intransigent and by Afrikaner hard-liners of being too soft. The provision of new housing and the imminent repeal of the sex...
Greece's center-right new democracy party, led by Kostas Karamanlis, 47, surged to victory in last week's parliamentary polls, ending the long reign of the Socialists, who had held power for 20 of the last 23 years. Now Karamanlis must get Athens' Olympic preparations up to speed and...
Decisive action from Bush during an election year, in short, is all that can rescue the accord from irrelevance. Among world leaders, only Bush can bypass Sharon and Arafat and appeal directly to moderate Israelis and Palestinians, who, in turn, can force their intransigent leadership to the table. Peace will...
At least two things need to change. First, the two-thirds vote requirement is too stringent, and should be relaxed. The typical council representative during the last general election was elected with two or three dozen first-place votes out of a turnout of about 100. A suitably intransigent voting...