Word: stingingly
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...west of Sulaimaniya, fewer and fewer cars are allowed to cross each day. At Kifri, further south, goods had been smuggling back and forth thanks to bribes to the Iraqi border guards. On March 1 Iraqi secret police posed as travelers and arrested the Iraqi border detail in a sting. Since then nothing has made it through. Trucks and aged Land Rovers that a week ago carried lucrative petrol and foodstuffs now make do with fare-paying passengers. Taxi drivers say the underpaid Iraqi soldiers are asking for "pocket money" so they can return to their homes before...
Have deficits lost their political sting? This Administration apparently thinks so. The budget proposal released by President Bush last week projects a deficit of more than $300 billion for each of the next few years. That's a far cry from Bush's election-year pledge to avoid red ink--though he now insists he made an exception for times of war, recession or national emergency. "A balanced budget is a high priority for this Administration," says Mitch Daniels, Bush's budget director. "It is not the top or the only priority." Republican consultants are betting the White House will...
...argues that BP is "more about the rhetoric of 'beyond petroleum' than the reality." The 51,000 shares sold by the WWF will make no financial dent in a company worth billions, but any perception that one of the few "green" oil companies has lost its way could sting. Still, spokesmen insist BP deserves its green stripes, and that its operations in Russia will only confirm them: "Bringing Western standards to Russia, in terms of the environment, can only be a good thing" - assuming the Russians actually go along...
...Have deficits lost their political sting? "The public still doesn't like red ink," says Frank Luntz, a GOP consultant who advised Perot. "But they're willing to pay now for national security, and an economic recovery, and deal with deficits later." The White House is betting Luntz is right. The deficits, Bush aides claim, are manageable; as a percentage of GDP, they still don't rival those faced by Ronald Reagan and the current president's father. "Nobody likes deficits, but the public will give this president the benefit of the doubt," adds one Bush adviser. "They liked Perot...
Berkeley and Weinstein say they help each other find gigs whenever the opportunity arises, which takes away some of the sting of being an emerging musician...