Word: stung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Irritated Chinese officials promptly responded that the letter writers did not represent the "overwhelming majority of the Chinese abroad," who "welcome" Hu's resignation. Whatever the truth of that claim, the protest by the U.S.-based students clearly stung. Said China Scholar Anne Thurston: "It is always significant when anyone who is Chinese and who plans to go back to China puts his name on a document of protest." Declared a student from Shanghai at Columbia University: "Chinese students overseas are becoming an independent political influence in China's politics...
...left city hall last week, Myerson insisted she would return. "I ^ have done nothing wrong," she declared. "I state unequivocally that I never in any way helped Mr. Capasso to get any city contract." But the mayor, who has been stung by criminal prosecutions against more than half a dozen city officials, was hedging his bets on whether his erstwhile ally would reclaim her position. Said Koch: "I am withholding my judgment as it relates to her situation." Despite Myerson's determination, the former beauty queen may find herself ruefully pondering Shakespeare's famous lines about the head that wears...
...have the sensation we've slipped through a rabbit hole into something of a fantasy land. The President is demanding Congress . . . furnish him with a report describing in detail a plan that was formulated and perhaps executed either in or within a few feet of the Oval Office." Stung by such barbs, the White House announced that Independent Adviser David Abshire is regularly briefing Reagan on Iranscam developments and added that the President is quite interested -- as if that could not be simply assumed...
...Israeli government minister described to TIME how North had directed the diversion of Iranian arms profits to Swiss bank accounts. His story: stung by the official American announcement that money had been paid by "representatives of Israel" into Swiss accounts controlled by the contras, the three top leaders of the Jerusalem government summoned Amiram Nir, North's liaison in Israel, to tell them what happened. Nir waved a piece of green paper at them. Said he: "This is all I got from Oliver North. This is a name of a Swiss bank and the account number in North's handwriting...
Finance Minister Dilson Funaro, stung by criticism of the economic-reform package that he helped shape, submitted his resignation. Funaro returned to work, however, after Sarney expressed confidence in him and refused to accept his departure...