Word: sop
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...Khin Nyunt's road map envisages elections and a new constitution but mentions neither a credible timetable nor Suu Kyi, who led the NLD to a convincing victory in the 1990 election. My Burmese friends regard the whole scheme as a sop to the regime's supporters in Asia or just another stalling device?either way, more of a roadblock than a road map. (The U.S. State Department recently dismissed it as "hype.") The late dictator General Ne Win, who seized power in 1962, launched the disastrous "Burmese way to socialism," which bankrupted the country. Now his prot?g? Khin Nyunt...
...sop that Bush tried to throw gays and lesbians in his State of the Union Address may be most insulting of all. The same moral tradition that excludes us from marriage, Bush explained, “also teaches that each individual has dignity and value in God’s sight.” Even though our community would profane the sanctity of marriage, apparently we can still hold our heads high because we have dignity and value. Here’s a news flash, Mr. President: Treating us with dignity and value would mean using the words...
...rather a sophisticated trade journal dealing in high risk derivative strategies far above the grasp of the financial layman. Never fear though: the Lampoon may not technically be a bad humor magazine, but it’s still okay to use it as a makeshift sponge to sop up piss around your toilet...
...what they call a shock-and-awe campaign--would destroy Iraq's will to resist and quickly end Saddam's rule with little destruction to the country's infrastructure. Some officers have even grumbled that the war plan places too many transportation and power grids off limits as a sop to postwar needs. But if hostilities drag on, rebuilding Iraq could prove as costly and complicated as the four-year reconstruction of Hitler's Germany...
...early in 1998, their employer was bought out, and the new company passed out $15,000 checks as a sop in lieu of stock. The trio decided "it'd be funny if we pooled this money and started a company to make parodies of motivational posters," Justin says. "I mean, it was that or go to Vegas...