Word: resentful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think the old-timers resent a lot of the growth," says Harold B. Richards, owner of Alisa's Restaurant, a sandwich shop on the corner of Spring and Second Streets. "Most of my customers come from the businesses or the construction sites...
This early skirmish in the Republican revolution shows that Phil Gramm's America is a nation of people who think that only they pay for government, and who resent the fact that their money benefits anyone else. It was that America Gramm addressed when he declared--at his $4.1 million fundraiser--"We are one victory away from getting our money back...
...round of elections in June. He'll be joined in Port-au-Prince Friday by the other members of the U.S. negotiating trio, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell. Still, the former president is less than popular in Haiti, where many resent the fact that he allowed the dictators to remain in power for a month, then slip into exile. Both supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrande Aristide and wealthy backers of the former military regime now fear that mobs may turn on them when U.S. forces hand over security duty...
Lastly, Ms. Streisand's criticism of the Republican Party and its claim to being the party of family values is unfounded. As she stated, "I deeply resent the notion that one politician or political party owns the franchise on family values, personal responsibility, traditional values and religion." Perhaps Ms. Streisand should actually pay attention to the policies her Democratic Party has been supporting for years...
...speech, his top aides were working on little besides the Mexican loan deal. Rubin, Panetta and Vice President Al Gore faced a hostile group of House Democrats Wednesday morning and realized that they had what one called ``a potential tragedy'' on their hands. Fearful that voters back home would resent the public underwriting of private loans to Mexico, lawmakers refused to make what Gore called ``a difficult vote but an easy decision.'' Hearing Gore's insistence that the Treasury might actually make money from the deal, a lawmaker shocked the White House group with his bluntness. ``Al,'' he said, ``look...