Word: reassessing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, everyone seems to agree, is the time to assess and reassess the state of U.S.-Japanese relations today. But every attempt to formulate ethical positions is overshadowed by the images of smoke billowing from the sinking Arizona, Tennessee and West Virginia...
...with an eye on the government's mounting deficit are taking stock of the huge federal subsidies -- amounting to billions of dollars -- flowing west to farmers for Colorado River water. Says California's Congressman Miller: "The drought and deficit have caused people from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York to reassess supporting a bad habit...
That does not necessarily mean that a hard-and-fast decision, let alone a deadline, will be fixed immediately. The initial determination could be to wait, say, two more weeks and then reassess. It may take at least that long just to judge how much damage the stepped-up allied air assault is doing to Iraqi troops, weapons and supply lines -- a question that is already dominating public discussion of the fighting...
...gulf conflict into an Arab-Israeli war, forcing some of Washington's Arab allies to abandon the coalition and perhaps even compelling Syria to switch sides. That gamble must have seemed all the more tempting last Wednesday, when President Hosni Mubarak was quoted as warning that Egypt would reassess its position if Israel became involved -- though he conceded later that "Israel has a right to defend itself...
...defend, I cannot justify, and it is not my place to do so. Everyone in this world is ultimately responsible for what he does and for what he represents. Saddam hasn't addressed this problem adequately. He hasn't looked at the p.r. side of it. He needs to reassess so that the true image of Iraq -- if this is not the true image -- will emerge...