Word: ruthlessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...belief that he has little to fear if he misbehaves. A loner, he has rarely if ever been told no -- probably because the few who tried to do so tended to wind up dead. So no one can be very sure what, if any, message will derail his ruthless drive to be the paramount power in the Persian Gulf. Fortunately, Saddam has few friends around the globe, and his truculence is knitting unlikely partners into a broad-based opposition...
...much popular as feared at home, he is equally ruthless in preserving his power. He is omnipresent, his face, sometimes several feet high, adorning every city block. His picture hangs in every office, every shop, even most private homes, lest the dreaded secret police pay a call. Those who don't conform pay. A senior general once warned him, according to an Iraqi informant, that an attack he had ordered would lead to very high casualties. Saddam invited the general into the next room to discuss the matter. After the door closed behind them, a shot rang out. Saddam returned...
...That's easy, Alex. What is Ruthless People...
...ruthless desire to undermine Detroit's municipal government also caricatures the feeling in contemporary society that government is inherently incompetent and is the source of all of society's ills...
...answer is yes, such a policy might ultimately prove as hostile to the development of democracy as have Africa's ruthless dictators. No government, freely elected or not, will survive long if Africa's evident destiny -- to drown in debt -- is not reversed, and that will require enormous assistance from abroad. With its current debt of $135 billion roughly equivalent to its gross national product and its debt-service obligations equal to half its export earnings, sub-Saharan Africa faces an intolerable situation that has produced instability and promises to breed more. If the West really wants to see democracy...