Search Details

Word: primed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Real IRA, but is this a real cease-fire? The Republican splinter group responsible for Saturday's horrific bomb attack in Omagh, the bloodiest in Northern Ireland's recent history, announced a "suspension" of their campaign of violence Wednesday. The reason? Widespread public anger and an appeal from Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, according to the Real IRA's statement published in the Belfast Irish News. The real reason? If they hadn't said something, Ahern was threatening to crack down on the group's Dublin HQ. Besides, there's a more important public relations battle to wage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irish Bombers in a 'Real' Mess | 8/19/1998 | See Source »

ISLAMABAD: The front line of Washington's pursuit of the East African embassy bombers appears to have moved to Pakistan, because of that country's proximity to Afghanistan and the base of "prime suspect" Osama Bin Laden. About 200 U.S. personnel were evacuated from Pakistan Tuesday in response to threats of retaliation following last week's arrest and deportation to Kenya of a potential suspect in the bombing. "With fingers pointing towards Bin Laden, it's expected that there may be retaliation against U.S. citizens and personnel as there has been on previous occasions in Pakistan," says TIME correspondent Hannah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Evacuates Pakistan 'Hot' Zone | 8/18/1998 | See Source »

...list at the moment is Saudi renegade millionaire Osama bin Laden. Over the past year or so, he has issued a number of decrees, calling on all Muslim groups to attack U.S. facilities. Bin Laden is thought to be a major financier of terror groups and is the prime suspect in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers military barracks in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. servicemen. While his declared goal is the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy, bin Laden's bitterness toward the U.S. is just as strong. "All Muslims," he said last May, "must declare jihad against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror In Africa | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...some prime acting by Angela Bassett in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. She emits her patented hot-coals stare, fondles an engagement-ring box with sweet subtlety, sheds urgent, persuasive tears at sexual climax. She smolders and glows--just what's needed as the heroine of a sudsy upscale romance. But Bassett doesn't need a camera to cue her glamorous art. She can give an Oscar-worthy performance sitting across from a journalist in a suite at Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Angela Bassett: Getting In The Groove | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...talk about the Lewinsky scandal, the timing of a report from Starr and its probable impact on Democrats in this November's midterm elections. The outcome of the elections could determine Gephardt's future. If the Democrats pick up 11 seats, Gephardt becomes Speaker of the House, a prime launching pad for a presidential campaign. But if the Democrats lose seats in an anti-Clinton tidal wave, Gephardt's prospects could be seriously diminished. "[Gephardt] knows his fate, and the fate of the whole Democratic Party, is inextricably linked to Clinton," says a party strategist. "For now, anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If the Going Gets Rough, Gephardt's Got a Scrapper | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

Previous | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | Next