Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard isn't the only tug on many professors' time. From advising the president to commenting on CNN, few outside organizations aren't pleased to have a Harvard professor's expertise...
...sanctions are enough. He is not alone in the belief that Iraq's innocent civilians have suffered too much, too long. While the U.S. can brush aside his letter's nine points for now as so much Swiss cheese, the issues they raise lie at the heart of the tug-of-war. Iraq says it has largely complied with disarmament demands; the U.S. insists that Saddam is hiding stockpiles of germ weapons and the equipment to produce them. Saddam wants relief from the crippling sanctions; the U.S. says he hasn't earned it. Saddam says his word is good...
...latest episode in a painful anddrawn-out tug-of-war between two families...
This balancing of emotional accounts lends much needed heft to A Pirate Looks at Fifty, providing a gravitational tug that keeps the book from flying away on the wings of Buffett's endless enthusiasms--for saltwater fly-fishing, camaraderie in remote places and, of course, boats and seaplanes. ("Flying in the day is like being in the ultimate movie," he writes. "[But] when you're flying at night, you're not in an airplane. You're in a spaceship.") He builds the book around his 50th birthday present to himself, an air journey through Central America, the Amazon...
...China's drive to catch up with the U.S., the ferry draws alongside a large, modern cruise ship. "There, you see! That big cruise ship is America: big, comfortable, but slow. Our boat is like China: dirty, poor, but faster. We are developing more quickly." He gives another triumphal tug on the horn...