Word: nods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...International Monetary Fund, two organizations that had always received his special scorn, and he spoke frequently and amicably with the U.S. ambassador. But when the military began to move against him, he reverted to type and gave a speech he has come to regret. He seemed to give the nod to mob justice when he called the "necklace" -- a burning tire placed around a victim's neck -- a "beautiful instrument" that "smells sweet...
NATO has a new chief, a low-key Belgian foreign minister named Willy Claes, and he's expected to get the nod from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 16 member-nations within the week. Claes hasn't made the headlines in recent years, says TIME Brussels Bureau Chief Jay Branegan. But in the coming months his mettle will be seriously tested. "Bosnia poses a major threat to NATO unity," says Branegan. Western nations have threatened to arm Bosnian Muslims by October 15, after which the region could be the scene of an all-out war. But that crisis will...
...said, 'O.K., I'll do your deal with five changes,' Phil Gramm would have diarrhea for a week. That's a political reality." -- SENATOR BOB KERREY (D., NEBRASKA), COMMENTING ON THE HEALTH-CARE BATTLE WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE RIVALRY BETWEEN DOLE AND GRAMM FOR THE G.O.P. PRESIDENTIAL NOD...
...Invasion of the Body Snatchers); they are forgotten schlock from the bottom of producer Sam Arkoff's Z-movie barrel. Maybe they were drive-in classics, but that's because kids didn't go to drive-ins for the movies. The A.I.P. films were moldy melodramas whose only nod to '50s spirit was in their titles. If they were to show up on TV now, it would only be as fodder for the brilliant deconstructionist raillery of Mystery Science Theater...
...through the motions of considering Manhattan to avoid embarrassing the Big Apple's G.O.P. mayor, RUDOLPH GIULIANI. But sources say the choice will come down to San Diego or New Orleans. The G.O.P. is looking to court votes in California, so insiders are betting San Diego will get the nod for the convention when the decision is made in January...