Word: temperedness
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As Kabila's troops surge west, his message of economic prosperity and political stability is greeted with immense enthusiasm. That, plus his military victories, may soon catapult him into the presidency of Zaire. But in recent weeks the delight has been tempered by a sense of trepidation. As Zairians contemplate...
That initial enthusiasm, however, was tempered by the difficulties of combining elite consulting techniques with the bread-and-butter realities of the struggling inner-city economy.
One day in March 1989, long after Madalyn Murray O'Hair dropped from fame but before she dropped from sight, she enjoyed one of the sweet contradictions of life as America's foremost atheist: she played the preacher at Scott Kerns' wedding. Kerns was something of a favorite of O...
Although most complimented Hualy on his record as city manager, some tempered their praise with criticisms of Healy's management style.
Despite postelection euphoria, 1996 turned out to be, in the words of commentator Otto Latsis, "the lost year for reform." More than 30 million people are earning less than Russia's minimum wage. The transformation of Russia's bloated conscript army into a much smaller, more efficient and better-armed...