Word: spat
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...differ, noting her presidential platform contained no income tax increases. She argues that France's lofty tax scale already leaves average workers feeling their hard work is being penalized, and raising taxes could slow consumption, a main motor of French economic growth. But as in any good domestic spat, Hollande wasn't going to let his partner have the last word: He retorted Wednesday by noting the right's tax cuts had largely favored the wealthy to justify reiterating his pledge to reverse them. He tried to soften that blow - but only made his squeeze look ill-informed - by noting...
...should pressure Iraq into making concessions to the Sunnis in the form of a list of reconciliation “milestones.” If the Iraqi government fails to make these concessions, then America should reduce or completely suspend its military and economic support. Unsurprisingly, the Iraqi government spat venom on the report, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, called the report an “insult” to Iraq’s people. He claimed that the report smacks of the 1980s and early 1990s American mindset, which favored order and a Sunni tyranny over...
...November, Russia won critical U.S. support for its bid to join the World Trade Organisation, and Putin has tried to make Russia an indispensable partner for dealing with Iran and other pressing geopolitical issues. But Russia's behavior is not yet predictable. In late September, Putin started a nasty spat over trade with neighboring Georgia, deporting hundreds of Georgians from Moscow and other Russian cities. And he pushed through new domestic legislation that restricts nongovernmental organizations operating in Russia...
...stars (Re-Up/Star Trak/Jive) "Excuse me if my wealth’s got me full of myself / Cocky’s something that I just can’t help.” Thus spat Malice four years ago, on single “Grindin’” off Clipse’s first release entitled “Lord Willin’.” Now he and his brother Pusha T are back, and Malice’s tune has changed: “So even when the mumblers talk / I still walk the most...
Human-rights campaigners, however, welcome Hollywood's focus on the issue and say it has helped tighten industry oversight even before the film's release. In the run-up to the holiday period--peak season for diamond sales and blockbuster movies--the public spat makes an interesting study of how a big studio movie can threaten a $60 billion-a-year global retail industry, one that has previously thrived on its association with all things Hollywood, and how that business can fight back...