Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin can shake Arafat's hand with what is probably a much larger lump in his throat than mine, I can certainly bring myself to applaud. Not too loud though, and without any cheering--an ambivalent applause. Arafat does not deserve to be received with whole-hearted approval and respect. The Arafat of today should not be let off the hook for the crimes he committed yesterday. As he gets up to speak he should feel the same lump in his throat which he has caused so many others to feel...
Sunday night's Undergraduate Council executive elections represent what may be the biggest shake-up of council leadership in the organization's 14 year history...
...until they see how their latest reincarnation is playing with voters. When Moynihan was lamenting the welfare bill before the Senate, he said he had "no idea how profoundly what used to be known as liberalism was shaken by the last election.'' The battle for the middle class will shake it to its roots...
...RIDICULOUS, BUT I feel much safer on the streets of Los Angeles when there are no cops around. I am not really afraid of criminals or carjackers. However, as soon as I see the red and blue flashing lights in my car's rearview mirror, my hands start to shake, my legs shiver, and cold sweat runs down my neck. And this happens when I'm fully aware that I have committed no crime. I know there are some good, and even a few outstanding, officers out there. However, decent cops are paying a price for their colleagues' abuses. Sadly...
...outsider might have helped to shake things up across the river rather than simply scrambling to keep the school at the top, a job which may take more than reforming curriculum or changing the name of the middle-aged, white guy in charge...