Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to find a way not to lose games," Kingston said. "We just don't seem to believe in ourselves right...
...derided when they were rendered. It's not unfair to ask of a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court where he was when it counted, when the great issues of his time were being debated and decided. What claims might Justice Bork dismiss today whose validity and utility will seem painfully clear tomorrow...
...Bork amiably uses smiles and quips to soften his forcefully expressed views. After a Justice Department official commented that a certain decision would be made "over my dead body," Bork noted, "To some of us, that sounded like the scenic route." His disarming humor is likely to help him seem personally sympathetic and even comfortably moderate during the televised hearings. But the prolonged wait has taken its toll, and his irritation with the drum roll of criticism sometimes prompts him to grind his teeth nervously and show flashes of anger...
...week Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo told visiting Congressman Kemp that he thought the peace accord did not preclude continued U.S. aid to the contras. "Hondurans would really like a regional peace agreement, but they also want to maintain good relations with the U.S., and right now the two seem mutually exclusive," says a Western diplomat in Tegucigalpa. "So they are hanging on to the U.S. trapeze, too frightened to let go and try to catch the Central American trapeze...
...assurances, however, seem to be counting for less and less these days. The signing of the Guatemala accord came about largely because of confused signals transmitted from Washington. Now most Central Americans feel that, one way or another, they must keep the peace momentum going. The increasing determination of U.S. allies to pursue their own interests without reference to Washington suggests that Reagan's friends have begun to see him as a lame duck. That perception comes on top of long-standing nervousness about the U.S. commitment to its allies, a fear fueled by the American example set in recent...