Word: ire
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...becoming excessive. In a new world in which the U.S. and China may be the two dominant powers, it seems imperative that we try to influence the Chinese, rather than alienate them; that, ever more confident in democracy and capitalism, we work with Jiang rather than arouse his ire and risk a new Cold War. As Harvard visiting scholar Xiaohuang Yin argues in yesterday's Globe, without arriving at a common ground in terms of trade policy and international treaties, the security and prosperity of either nation cannot be ensured...
Neither Democrats nor Republicans in Washington seemed to escape Dornan's ire last night...
Republicans will most likely try to introduce an amendment banning all labor union contributions to political campaigns, which raises the ire of Democrats, who benefited from millions of labor dollars...
...from the incident appears to be Yasser Arafat. As the hapless Mossad hit men returned home Monday, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin ? released as part of the same deal ? was welcomed in Gaza by tens of thousands of Palestinians. Arafat now has either to seek coexistence with Hamas ? and earn the ire of Israel and the U.S.? or to confront an adversary growing in power and influence. ?Arafat?s room for maneuver is greatly limited,? says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. ?Sheikh Yassin will be asking Arafat, ?What?s the point of hugging and kissing me while keeping my supporters behind...
...days ago, Forbes magazine, the target of Turner's ire, released its annual list of the nation's 400 richest people. This year, the list included 170 billionaires, up from 135 in 1996. When the magazine started the list in 1982, there were just 13 billionaires...