Word: ire
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush and his friends once again found themselves the object of the local police force's ire after a Yale football victory over Princeton. After pulling down the goalpost on the field, Bush and his friends were told they had 15 minutes to get out of town...
...heat for a decision like this," says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller. "The fact that she's a woman doesn't hurt, either." A willingness by the White House to compromise on abortion rights will probably raise some hackles. But for Clinton, it may be worth weathering some ire if he can walk away from this debate - and his presidency - with something resembling a win on foreign policy...
...same time the Russia scandal broke, HIID raised further ire in the administration by running a deficit...
Anyone who has ever worn a Peter Pan collar, written an apology note and then copied it over 100 times, or cringed in fear at the ire of Sister Mary knows that the Catholic school experience is excellent fodder for comedy. Perhaps this explains the inherent humor in the character Mary Katherine Gallagher, the stereotypically awkward and repressed Catholic schoolgirl. Yet even with the infinite funny possibilities its setting provides, Superstar fails to deliver many laughs...
Just when we might think Marshall has passed her trial by fire, she has drawn the ire of a state anti-abortion group, the Massachusetts Citizens for Life. The group has stated that they oppose her confirmation, saying that her impartiality regarding abortion cases is questionable. Marshall was at one time the member of a board of trustees at a Massachusetts home for unwed mothers where abortions are performed...