Word: suspected
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...become "moral acts." Such is the paranoia about staying well that, in his view, Americans have reverted to "some of the least appealing beliefs found in so-called primitive societies." Illness, for example, is viewed not as a natural process but the result of immoral action. Explains Glassner: "We suspect the illness was the person's own fault: he or she should have exercised or eaten properly...
...misfortune: appalling facts, tersely put, speak for themselves. Holleran has the advantage of being a gifted novelist (Dancer from the Dance) with a keen, ironic intelligence. "Someday," he says, "writing about this plague may be read with pleasure, by people for whom it is a distant catastrophe, but I suspect the best writing will be nothing more, nor less, than a lament . . . The only other possible enduring thing would be a simple list of names -- of those who behaved well, and those who behaved badly...
Europeans fret that Japan's ascendance could diminish their own global stature. Pacific Rim nations recall Japan's World War II aggression and occupation of their countries and half suspect that, beneath a patina of civility, the Japanese have not fundamentally changed. The U.S., the world's No. 1 debtor nation, voices a mixture of concern and admiration. "No country is more important to our economic future than Japan," says Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey. "You want Japan to assume more foreign policy responsibility in the world, but in partnership with...
...town of Portlaoise confounded the British and Irish governments, which only a month ago had agreed on procedures aimed at making it easier for Britain to bring accused I.R.A. terrorists to trial in British courts. In the Portlaoise case, the judge, claiming that Britain had failed to identify the suspect formally, refused to extradite Patrick McVeigh, who is accused of complicity in four London bombings between 1981 and 1983. Officials in Dublin promised to appeal the Portlaoise ruling. McVeigh, who was released after serving five years in an Irish prison for firearms violations, went into hiding...
...Washington people always suspect ulterior motives. The town briefly buzzed with rumors that Baker was maneuvering to get the vice-presidential nomination. Aides to George Bush scoffed at the scuttlebutt. So did Baker. "There isn't even the remotest possibility that such a thing will come about," Baker told TIME. "It's something I don't expect and don't want. I'm doing nothing to promote that...