Word: ire
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...process, they forcibly herded students into a nearby residence hall. Their presence and actions drew the ire of many of the students at the predominantly Black college, who had also complained about racial insensitivity among police officers in the past...
...strangers to topical political controversy. Their two previous operatic collaborations, Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, both set to elegant, literate librettos by poet Alice Goodman, tackled explosive subjects in unconventional ways. Nixon presented a surprisingly intimate, sympathetic portrait of the former President, while Klinghoffer roused the ire of some American Jews with its compassionate presentation of Palestinian suffering. Jordan, the team's new librettist, is a political activist whose lapidary vernacular libretto uses a catastrophic Los Angeles earthquake as a metaphor for the shattering power of love...
...Czechoslovakia before World War II,Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrevhas caused an uproar in the former Soviet Union. In remarks Tuesday at a defense and foreign policy council meeting, Kozyrev said that Russia will use its armed might to defend Russian nationals abroad. The statement immediately drew the ire of many in Ukraine, the Baltic states and other former Soviet republics with large populations of ethnic Russians. The states were quick to interpret the remarks as an indication ofRussian imperialist aspirations, but Kozyrev on Thursday professed bewilderment at the fuss, saying "What are the army and navy for if they...
...independent ombudsman for the American buying public, CR has always attracted some ire and resentment-and not only from manufacturers. In 1939 a House committee branded Consumers Union subversive, thanks to the magazine's perceived antibusiness bias. Though such witch-hunting may seem laughable now, executives at CR and Consumers Union are not smiling at what some detractors and publishing analysts are saying about the magazine today: 1) its methods of testing and evaluating products are sometimes flawed and less objective than they appear; 2) the magazine has evolved from a neutral reporter into an advocate of politically correct...
...seemingly innocuous revamping of Cambridge's public health care system has raised the ire of several city councillors, who say they were not informed of the restructuring by City Manager Robert W. Healy...