Word: lead
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...East Timor's independence ? which will take at least a month, and is far from a done deal. Nobody is advocating that peacekeepers fight their way in, which means that right now the international community is raising pressure on Indonesia to accept such a force. Australia would take the lead in any peacekeeping operation, and already has 4,500 troops on alert. Most of the remainder of the mission would likely come from within the region ? Washington has made clear that the U.S. may consider offering logistical support, but no troops...
...down to business, and Detmer gets distracted by the age-old conundrum: Why are the Browns? uniforms so darn ugly? Bernie will be there, but he?ll be too far away from the action to do the Browns much good, as the Steelers finish with a comfortable 10-point lead...
Astonished by that first glimpse, Hawass returned last spring to lead what he calls the largest expedition ever undertaken in Egypt--and deservedly so. The richness of the find and the tombs' unprecedented state of preservation have astounded archaeologists, some of whom have compared it to the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922. Even Tut's burial chamber had been partly looted, however. These tombs appear to have remained undisturbed since they were sealed some 2,000 years ago--more than 1,300 years after Tut, at a time when Egypt and much of the Middle East...
...days, three quick Fed rate increases were viewed as evidence of a booming economy and unavoidable inflation--the steps that lead to a stock market stumble. Now, though, Fed hikes don't have that kind of impact because inflation has proved inert for a decade. Even if the Fed raises interest rates a third time this fall, it won't necessarily jolt the market...
There's a subtext to this story: I have the character to lead. But McCain's tale suggests flaws as well as attributes. The "crude individualism" of his youth has translated into a go-it-alone political style that has produced little legislation. And when McCain waffles--appearing to back down on his staunch pro-life position, for example, by suggesting recently that he would not push for the repeal of Roe v. Wade--it seems worse than typical polspeak. McCain's biography makes a compelling read, but it may not guarantee presidential greatness...