Word: loudly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conservative pundit. During his hour-long phone call Wednesday with Ben Wattenberg, according to The New York Times, Clinton said he was dissatified with his own welfare reform proposal and distressed that he had wandered from a moderate democratic philosophy. "This is Bill Clinton once again thinking out loud about his conclusion that the first two years of his presidency have been far from successful," says White House correspondent James Carney. "He has a compulsion to analyze his situation in public, and today the White House is once again in turmoil...
...mind, however, the words and deeds of the Arafat of yesterday will be ringing loud and clear. The "accessory of terrorism" will make his voice heard to me. The encouragement and optimism being displayed by the Arafat of today are cautiously kept in check by the condemnable track record of the Arafat of yesterday. Through hearing both of these voices tonight, I will carefully be listening for the Arafat of tomorrow...
...Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin can shake Arafat's hand with what is probably a much larger lump in his throat than mine, I can certainly bring myself to applaud. Not too loud though, and without any cheering--an ambivalent applause. Arafat does not deserve to be received with whole-hearted approval and respect. The Arafat of today should not be let off the hook for the crimes he committed yesterday. As he gets up to speak he should feel the same lump in his throat which he has caused so many others to feel...
There are plenty of other blacks who share this sentiment, but many are reluctant to voice it for fear of being branded race traitors. Their problem with Farrakhan, like mine, is not only his anti-Semitism but also his habit of selling wolf tickets--archaic black slang for making loud but empty threats. For all his cries about the need for blacks to develop economic independence, for instance, the Nation of Islam's enterprises are less than impressive: small businesses such as restaurants, the Final Call newspaper and security-guard companies that contract with public housing projects and similar institutions...
...sense of hearing in the MAC is struck by some unusual noises. This is the sound of squeaking stairmasters, usually indicative of an imminent shut-down. One will also hear the grunts of one or two annoying people who have their walkmans on way too loud and cannot consequently hear the unattractive sounds they are making...