Word: possessed
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...Reining In Iran Iran may already possess a nuclear weapon or be able to produce one in a few years [Feb. 14]. Now the question is: Will Israel take immediate action by itself before the situation gets out of control? Iran has reached a point of no return. Can the U.S. take care of the situation, or does it need a so-called coalition? I am sure the Bush Administration has learned a lesson in Iraq and will think twice before going to war with Iran. Najib Fahim Casablanca...
Meaney manages to portray Jimmy with both the hardened veneer of a country boy who has made it in the big world and the aw-shucks-ness little brothers almost necessarily possess. Hill is the wizened Irish grandfather we all wish we could have to tell us stories by a roaring fire. And Andrea Corr, lead singer for the internationally acclaimed pop/rock/Celtic group the Corrs, bucks the trend of musicians-turned-bad-actresses: she is absolutely stunning as Anne, the reigning band’s gifted fiddler...
...Army has been on a modernization drive. It has cut forces by hundreds of thousands of personnel and revised its strategies from human-wave attacks toward surgical strikes. The short-term objective is not necessarily the capability to invade Taiwan?which China regards as a renegade province?but to possess the missiles and submarines that would make a threat of invasion credible enough should Taiwan ever think of declaring formal independence...
...complex…it is not sophisticated. It is not intricate or undiscovered, secret or unknown. It is a clear and simple matter of the inability of intellectually asphyxiated people to summon up the courage for an overwhelming and restless instant of denunciation. We do not possess the sense of moral leverage to rise up and to denounce the evil now committed in our name...
...countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, we should strive to help them build a competent electoral infrastructure. Instead of killing more insurgents in Iraq, we should begin economically rebuilding the country. Ultimately, faith-building measures are necessary to win the hearts of the Arab people. When these societies possess optimism instead of disillusionment with American policy in the region, Arab governments will have the necessary clout to engage meaningful reform in their countries