Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...birds' spring mating season, getting up at 3 a.m., driving an hour and a half, then lying in the brush of north Georgia in a green-and-tan camouflage suit, making improper suggestions in hen-turkey language to persuade sex-crazed gobblers to strut into shotgun range, tail feathers spread, beard wiggling, wings spread and lowered. Generally, Tull says, he drives back to work happy but turkeyless. The range of a turkey flock is small, he explains, and the birds, which are quite intelligent, can spot anything out of place, like a sales rep in a camouflage suit...
There are ways to relate what diplomats do to what voters want, or can be educated to want. According to surveys, Americans' top five foreign concerns are stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S., protecting American jobs, preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, controlling illegal immigration and securing adequate energy supplies. "That's a pretty good common-sense position," says Zoellick. "If you add stability with your allies, you're pretty much done...
...have not been doing a particularly good job of it. Clinton wrote to Congress last week, "If we do not do our part in a NATO mission, we would weaken the alliance and jeopardize American leadership in Europe." Secretary of State Warren Christopher warns that the Bosnian conflict might spread, but it remains unclear what danger the Albanian army poses. Meanwhile, William Perry, the Secretary of Defense, testified to Congress last month that the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia "affects the vital national security interests of the U.S. by maintaining the strength and credibility of NATO and, most important, by stopping...
...Newt Gingrich. In announcing the accord, the President argued that the American troop commitment was "essential." "Without us," he said, "the hard-won peace would be lost, the war would resume, the slaughter of innocents would begin again, and the conflict that already has claimed so many people could spread like poison throughout the entire region." Though Clinton said that the "military mission will be clear and limited," Tumulty says that may not be enough. "It's going to be a hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back...
...Gingrich. Today, in announcing the accord, the President argued that the American troop commitment was "essential." "Without us," he said, "the hard-won peace would be lost, the war would resume, the slaughter of innocents would begin again, and the conflict that already has claimed so many people could spread like poison throughout the entire region." Though Clinton said that the "military mission will be clear and limited," Tumulty says that may not be enough. "It's going to be a hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back...