Word: pointedness
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Yet the mea culpa was also about politics--an olive branch for the CIA. In an effort to put to rest the controversy about those 16 words, both Bush and Rice had pointed a finger at the agency, saying it had not conveyed its broad doubts about the intelligence. In...
Of course, one factor that has always held even the most anti-American of Iraq's Shiite groups back from advocating violence against the U.S. was the fear of facilitating a return to power by Saddam's regime, which butchered hundreds of thousands of Shiites. But as President Bush pointed...
First Sergeant Christopher Coffin knew how to stay close to his wife Betsy even when he was far away. Before he left in February, bound for the Persian Gulf, he took her outside on a cold, clear Maine night, pointed to an especially bright star and told her he would...
The people took to the streets of Hong Kong again last week, eight days after the half-million-person rally that rattled the ruling structure of the Chinese territory. This time they held a nighttime "vigil" outside the colonial landmark that houses the Legislative Council (Legco), Hong Kong's quasi...
During the question-and-answer session following the speech, Gemayel was asked what he believed to be America’s role in Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, in response to which he pointed to “a new trend toward democracy” in his country, and a new...