Word: ironic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before the three Presidents as soon as talks begin. Holbrooke's tempo has some critics, notably in the French Foreign Ministry. They contend it results in the papering over of contentious details that may crop up later to wreck a seeming agreement. Holbrooke's answer is that stopping to iron out all the details is a sure formula for having negotiations--and war and bloodshed--drag on forever...
...Janice Banks encouraged her husband and three sons to attend the march. She packed Philip's lunch for the bus trip and says she wouldn't have allowed him to miss that day. "Most times," she says, "you can call women together. If it's just coming together to iron out differences, women don't have a problem doing that. But men usually hold back. This was a man thing." In Janice Banks' view, the meaning of the march was simple: "Brothers need to stand together...
...came in to pick up a plane ticket to Washington. "Aren't you late for the march?" Klate asked. "I was working," he answered. "Well, Mr. Farrakhan sure has caused enough trouble," said Klate. "Oh, I don't think so," the actor replied. "He said he wants to iron things out, didn't he?" Klate, however, did not see much use in a dialogue between Farrakhan and the Jews. "Would I change your mind about the insults you've heard Farrakhan say about the Jewish people?" she asked. "Well, no," the actor admitted, "but I like you personally...
Even considering the high expectations that were placed on her this year, the sophomore's play has been nothing short of amazing. Scoring three goals and assisting on two others in a 7-0 carpet-bombing of Princeton on Sunday, Stauffer tightened her already iron grip on the top rung of the Ivy League scoring ladder...
...philosophy of self-discipline and self-reliance. During a recent speech, Farrakhan told the story of Deletha Word, a black woman who dented the car of another motorist, also black, on the Belle Isle Bridge over the Detroit River. The driver allegedly beat Word with a tire iron, then watched as she flung herself to her death off the bridge. "She wasn't killed by Mark Fuhrman," orated Farrakhan. "She wasn't killed by the oppressor. She was killed by her so-called Brother because he was mad she had bumped into his shiny...