Word: sparely
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...tree is under control, now all that's left to decorate is myself. It used to be enough to observe the holiday privately, with drapes drawn to spare the neighbors our annual frenzy of giving and getting. But now the pressure is on to make some kind of Christmas gesture to every Tom, Dick and Harry who happens along. Take the jolly receptionist in our dentist's office, who started showing up Dec. 1 dressed as a living gift to all humankind, with a huge red bow on the top of her head, ornamental-ball earrings and a scrub shirt...
Raiskin was the head of the Perspective last year and does volunteer work in her spare time...
...Russians may also be helping Iraq outside the diplomatic arena. Retired Colonel Victor Baranets, who served as press secretary to former Russian Defense Minister Igor Rodionov, believes Russia has "secretly supplied Iraq with several billion dollars worth of weapons and spare parts" since sanctions have been in place. He also thinks Moscow bought Baghdad's agreement to allow the U.N. inspectors to return to work two weeks ago with pledges of more supplies and full-scale military cooperation after sanctions are lifted...
...shut off shipments to countries on the U.N. embargo list. Later, "controls weakened and slackened, while economic considerations took over the political ones. As of the second half of 1993, Russia resumed sending major military supplies to the Middle East. They used the old way of supplying weapons and spare parts through third countries...
...report from Human Rights Watch examined the records of 65 countries, and didn't exactly spare the rod when it came to stacking America up against the rest. "If the U.S. government persists in its dismissive posture toward international human rights law," said the group, "the international community should simply leave the United States behind...