Word: thursdaye
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...world of diplomacy, things are not always as they seem. As Iraqis counted casualties, assessed damage and faced another round of strikes on Thursday, the U.S. found support and criticism in familiar places. Britain, Germany and Canada backed the U.S.-led action. The Arab League condemned the attacks. Security Council members Russia and China angrily denounced the U.S.for going over the U.N.'s head, and France chimed in as well. But while the French government deplored "the grave human consequences" of the military action, it also noted the Iraqi leaders' inability "to show proof of the spirit of complete cooperation...
Wall Street greeted the air strikes right after the close of trading Wednesday with all the excitement of a mid-season basketball game, and Thursday is about the same. "There was absolutely no sense of real worry or panic when word started circulating in the markets yesterday," said one floor trader. "People on the trading floor were taking bets on what time the first air strike would occur." In fact, the markets were almost relieved by the bombing of Iraq, since it delayed an impeachment vote and has cast President Clinton in a strong leadership stance. Oil stocks that spiked...
...Were she alive today," added Colorado's Rocky Mountain News in an editorial last Thursday, "she would be a triathlete with her own software company...
...Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) elected new officers last Thursday evening. Kate B. Clancy '00 and Courtney E. Ellis '01 were selected co-presidents...
Though eight months of silence have passed since news outlets first reported that top-level administrators from both schools were engaged in negotiations, Wilson maintained Thursday that the process has not stalled...