Word: primed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Terrace is a neutral polity for drivers seeking parking asylum. It caters to people ready to fight for their cars and slide by the lottery process. Franklin J. Leonard '00, has kept a car at Peabody since last year and followed the advice of his roommate to obtain a prime spot--ignore the lottery. "Ask for Peabody Terrace," he says. "They'll give...
...idea of bullfighting, for example, is ridiculous manliness. A woman would never do that." The archetypal "manly" woman is Margaret Thatcher, according to Professor Mansfield. "[She] is an outstanding example: the iron lady. And yet she was quite feminine, I was told, with her husband. Even when she was Prime Minister, she was a bit coquettish...
...President Clinton had hoped that a new face in the Kremlin might help quell the United States' disquiet over the Chechnyan situation, he was to be disappointed. The President met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Oslo on Tuesday, urging the former KGB colonel to go easy on the rebel republic - and was met with a resounding "nyet." Putin simply emphasized that Chechnya was an internal fight against terrorism, and shouldn't impinge on U.S.-Russian relations. Despite appearances, however, Putin, may not be the man in charge of the Chechnya campaign. "The generals have reemerged as a serious force...
Campaigning early in the morning at this prime spot is a pre-election tradition, according to Smith...
...fiction in the real strategic equation. The military training that begins in Florida this week involves teaching four men, in civilian attire, such topics as the role of the military in a democracy. Not exactly menacing stuff, but it may reflect what's being left unspoken. "The prime strategic concern remains to avoid the breakup of Iraq," says Thompson, "and as long as Saddam's in power that can be avoided. Incremental bombing of his air defenses in the north and funding opposition groups doesn't really endanger the status quo, and while the U.S. would be happy...