Word: proclaimer
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...rather throw Tony Blair's name on the table for the way Blair moved England's Labour Party to the center. Even the Wall Street Journal made that comparison last month, holding its nose and flattering the Democratic Governor in the reluctant, quivering tone one might use to proclaim that proctological exams, while unpleasant, can be a good thing...
...political problem among Palestinians. "Ordinary Palestinians see this as further evidence that no matter how much it protests Israeli demands, in the end the Palestinian Authority always goes along with what Israel wants," says Hamad. The message to Palestinians is that the sovereignty of the state Arafat would proclaim will be limited. "At this rate," says Hamad, "New Jersey will be more independent than Arafat?s Palestine...
...shocks me that in response to a question regarding U.S. intervention in East Timor [WORLD, Sept. 13], Defense Secretary William Cohen had the nerve to proclaim that "the U.S. cannot be and should not be viewed as the policeman of the world" and that the new hot spot is not in the "vital interest" of the U.S. This from the man who only months ago was advancing the Clinton policy that we all had a moral obligation to help the Kosovar Albanians against the oppressive Serbian regime. Perhaps U.S. motivations were not so humanitarian as claimed. ROBERT C. MULLINS Geneva...
...that, TIME's board refuses to proclaim a "new economy" from which recessions have been banished. The Internet and IT may make downturns milder and less frequent, partly by tamping down the wild inventory swings that have intensified past slumps. Computers make it much easier to match orders and deliveries of goods to sales. On the other hand, Sinai senses an enhanced source of instability--the frenzied pace of stock and real estate trading, speeded up by the Internet and intensified by the enthusiasm of investors for Internet stocks, some of which may take many years to justify their current...
...seems that J.K. Rowling has tapped into the '90s world of hype. Posters in bookstore windows around the world proudly proclaim "Harry Potter sold here," and proprieters are more than willing to take advance orders for new books in the series...