Word: restlessly
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...Laden. No Mullah Omar. The suspected top two in the al Qaeda machine are still at large and probably long gone, and the natives are getting restless. In a Washington Post-ABC poll released Thursday, two-thirds of Americans believe the war on terrorism will be a success only with the capture of bin Laden - and they want Saddam Hussein out of Iraq too, which is exactly the point at which public opinion starts to bump into that "unprecedented coalition" we've been hearing about. But how long can Bush keep those 86-percent approval ratings going without bringing home...
...TEHRAN Azadeh Moaveni is TIME's indefatigable Tehran correspondent, covering a society in the throes of profound and painful changes. As a young American-educated Iranian, she has a unique perspective on the efforts of Iran's restless youth to cast off the shackles of conservative authority. Read her lively account of the quest for fun in Tehran at time.com/tehran...
...Mabel Cheung's Beijing Rocks throws down the gauntlet to Hong Kong. By using the young and restless generation?specifically, determinedly unambitious underground rock singers who want music, not Mao?Cheung questions China's new-order identity struggle and serves up a premise that's hard to refute: Hong Kong is passE, Beijing is today and that shift will dictate China's thereafter...
...ground in Afghanistan, more than 100 Rangers on a raid to hunt down Taliban leaders and demonstrate that there would be nothing sterile or safe about this war. The night we suffered those first casualties overseas--two confirmed dead in a helicopter crash--brought a sleepless end to a restless week. Day by day, people wrestled with a rising fear that a threshold had been crossed, that we had entered a world where Congress is evacuated and lawmakers discuss the use of tactical nuclear weapons and the tanks roll into Bethlehem and healthy people flood hospitals out of fear they...
...Julie’s “pickup,” who happens to be an illegal immigrant, is ordered out of the country. Abdu’s real name is Ibrahim ibn Musa. He, like her, is escaping the life he was born into. He deals with his restless nature by picking up and moving to whatever country will take him; he is constantly on the move to find something better. He looks toward the future, disregarding the all-important present. Julie, on the other hand, thrusts herself into the moment. Gordimer emphasizes Julie’s initiative...