Word: shakings
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...democratic futures to Afghanistan and Iraq; ingratiate yourself with the Arab world. Thus, for example, precisely at a time when the U.S. and many Western countries are shunning Yasser Arafat for supporting terrorism and obstructing peace, Chirac sends his Foreign Minister to the ruins of Arafat's compound to shake Arafat's hand for world cameras...
...defiance in the dock, Saddam may not be happy that he has been formally transferred to Iraqi custody. Iraq's national security adviser, Muwaffak al-Rubaie, tells TIME that Saddam "started to shake" when he learned of his impending transfer. Saddam's apprehension recalls a comment he made to an Arab leader before the first Gulf War, indicating his sense of how Iraqis felt about him: "If I am killed, there will be no part of me left bigger than the tip of my finger...
...democratic futures to Afghanistan and Iraq; ingratiate yourself with the Arab world. Thus, for example, precisely at a time when the U.S. and many Western countries are shunning Yasser Arafat for supporting terrorism and obstructing peace, Chirac sends his Foreign Minister to the ruins of Arafat's compound to shake Arafat's hand for world cameras...
...hungry motives. At first, Jefferson held out hope that France was in the hands of an enlightened statesman. By April 1800, when he addressed Everard Meade, a Virginia state legislator, Jefferson was growing disillusioned. He was worried that the French example of a republic lost to a despot would shake faith in the U.S.'s fledgling government. But thanks to its physical remoteness, the U.S., Jefferson felt, was safe from Napoleon's cannons and muskets--and his bad example...
...Cairene Hardee’s (look, even the most cultured of us crack under the pressure of daily falafel and pita, so give me a break). One man takes your order while another stands and gapes, a third grabs a cup, a fourth corrects him, a fifth pours the shake before a sixth puts on the cap while a seventh fumbles with the register and barks orders to an eighth who will fetch your shake…and they still will have forgotten your french fries. Oh, and when you get your change, don’t be shocked...