Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know what you're thinking: "Why is this guy running for president?" And I do have an answer to that question...
...question now is how NATO can bring its vision of the world after the war to fruition. Circumstances on the ground do not look promising. Over the last week, the exodus of Kosovar Albanians has resumed on an intermittent basis, despite what NATO describes as the increasing effectiveness of the bombing campaign. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees now estimates that 670,000 of the 1.8 million Kosovar Albanians have been forced from their homes since March 1998, and it seems likely that the aim of the Yugoslav Army is to expel the entire civilian population...
Years ago, in an Oxford tutorial, I taught a young woman who affected an unusual habit. When asked a question that required deep thought, she would screw her eyes tight shut, jerk her head down to her chest and then freeze for up to half a minute before looking up, opening her eyes and answering the question with fluency and intelligence. I was amused by this and did an imitation of it to divert my colleagues after dinner. Among them was a distinguished Oxford philosopher. As soon as he saw my imitation, he immediately said, "That's Wittgenstein...
...Wachowskis, whose first directorial effort was the seductive femme-noir drama Bound, have deeper fish to fry. "We're interested in mythology, theology and, to a certain extent, higher-level mathematics," says Larry. "All are ways human beings try to answer bigger questions, as well as The Big Question. If you're going to do epic stories, you should concern yourself with those issues. People might not understand all the allusions in the movie, but they understand the important ideas. We wanted to make people think, engage their minds...
...wasn't the coup, but the fear of a government tumble is on everyone's lips. For most it is no longer a question of if but when. Though Montenegro is linked to Serbia by a federal agreement, the state was slowly inching toward democracy--something most locals think Slobodan Milosevic wants to end. Already the streets are kind of pre-battlegrounds, where soldiers loyal to Milosevic vie with police for strategic positions, each nervously waiting for the spark that will make them turn their guns on one another. Political leaders are scrambling to get their families...