Word: musters
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...negotiations require effort, attention and political will - all of which the current government, embroiled in power plays in the capital, has not been able to muster. Though the government has granted the army full authority in the tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the army has refrained from retaliation. "We are awaiting the results of the jirga [the peace meeting between tribal heads and government negotiators]," says Lieut. Colonel Baseer Haider, a military spokesman. "Then we will decide the next course of action." A Western military official compares the government's approach to that of a man seeking...
Politicians deploy righteous indignation like college students use credit cards - to excess and with abandon. For such seasoned performers, the emotion is easy to muster, and there are few upfront costs. Rail against powerful interests or the mendacity of your opponent on the stump, and the crowd goes nuts...
...difference between unsuspectingly Puritanical you and enlightened, reflective me. See where you are on the page? You’ve persevered all the way through to the end, reading a mediocre piece of journalism, whereas I’m not even going to try to muster the determination to finish writing it. You’re still here sticking it out, while I’m off daydreaming in the grass by the river. Come join...
Justine Henin became the world's No. 1 women's tennis player thanks largely to her cool and clinical attitude on court. She couldn't muster that sang-froid today as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of just 25. "It's time to breathe again," she said with a cracking voice and watering eyes at a hastily convened press conference outside Brussels. "Most people my age are in school or starting work, and I have the impression I've already lived three lives...
...fact that a leading figure in al-Sadr's ranks announced the deal and pointedly rejected the Iraqi government's key demand to disarm suggests that the cleric is still controlling the agenda tactically and politically despite the most serious challenge his power the Iraqi government could muster. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki set out to break the back of the Mahdi Army in March, when he launched an offensive against areas the militia controls in the southern city of Basra. The Mahdi Army fought Iraqi forces to a standstill there while unleashing a daily hail of rockets...