Word: optioning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mamhoud Abbas is said to be considering whether to call for early elections, use his presidential powers to dismiss the cabinet and set up an emergency government, or put a referendum before the Palestinian people about what to do. In reality, he has only one viable option. Palestinians have already expressed their outrage at the government through mass protests, and organizing new elections will take time. The longer Hamas retains control of the parliament, the longer aid will be frozen and the more volatile the situation will become...
Carter said that sanctions are the United States’s only option, but even sanctions will be ineffective...
...radical debate about controversial issues on campus. Unfortunately, the way in which it presents these issues damages any hope of rational debate. With more reasonable language and less distortion of reality, the Guide might have made a valuable contribution to discussion on campus. Instead, it opted for the easy option: rage senselessly against the world and hope you get your...
...firmness doesn't have to lead to confrontation. The only realistic option for containing North Korea is the same as what it was before the test. It's easy for nuclear wannabes to decry the hypocrisy of the great powers and proclaim their right to join the nuclear club; but once they get there, they have to play by the club's rules. Kim Jong Il may have believed that getting the bomb was the best way to defend himself against the threat of regime change; but should he ever use his new weapon, regime change - administered in the form...
...Make a Deal... We can't invade. Sanctions won't work. The only option left is to talk