Word: sightedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Democratic fund raiser John Huang has been out of sight in Washington, but he was practically stalking the President last week in Australia, where Clinton played golf with Greg Norman, ogled the scalloped opera house in Sydney and stomped through a rain forest near the Great Barrier Reef. No matter where Clinton went to get away, he found himself deflecting questions about Huang and his former boss, Indonesian banker James T. Riady. "Mark Twain said every dog should have a few fleas," the President quipped; "keeps them from worrying so much about being...
...there has been any consolation for proud Russian scientists, it's that these problems have occurred out of sight of Western eyes. But the space agency--long a symbol of Russian technical prowess and widely considered to be the best in the world as recently as the late 1980s--could not slip so quietly into eclipse...
Mobutu remains the missing man in Zaire's latest crisis, out of sight and in questionable command of his nation. Even in the best of times, his absence would provoke perilous consequences for a country hovering on the threshold of economic collapse after 30 years of high-handed rule. But since September, when Zaire's eastern provinces fell under attack from local Tutsi rebels, Mobutu's uncertain condition--and continued hold on power--has been a matter of dire import. Three weeks ago, Le Monde reported that his prostate cancer had metastasized to his bones. But a guest whom Mobutu...
...Eric, you know you're going to get the story behind the story," says senior editor Priscilla Painton, who along with assistant managing editor Steve Koepp oversaw our election-issue package. "Eric burrows into a story and doesn't come back until he has every detail. Rick never loses sight of the big picture...
...very much like the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland--a disembodied grin hovering over Election Day, present but invisible by choice. He could afford to smile over his party's apparent retention of the House. But to help ensure that victory, he had to keep himself out of sight during the campaign season...