Word: unreal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...means and costs as well as its ends, and the Administration has struggled to manage these as well. For once, the peppy President is wary of cheerleading. He wants to send the message that the war is going well, but at the same time he fears the unreal expectations of a quick and bloodless victory that the footage of "smart" bombs can raise. For all the effort to manage the news -- banning the shots of flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base, spooning out upbeat statistics at briefings, keeping the press pool tightly leashed -- the fact remains that this...
...unreal it all feels. Never before have Americans waited for a war scheduled to begin on or close to a certain date, knowing too that they will watch its horror during prime time. How discouraging as well, after the freedom that swept Eastern Europe following 40 years of communist dictatorship. Because of that transformation, the possibility of massive war was supposedly lifted: the nukes were being destroyed. We were not totally lulled. We knew that madmen still held sway, messianic tyrants riveted by the Nietzschean principle that power is a good in itself. We felt bad for those subjected...
Amid that air of the unreal, Americans edged themselves toward a war psychology. They supported George Bush's decisions to send the troops and call up the reserves. They signaled that they are ready to endure sacrifices to pursue American objectives, even accepting -- for now -- the possibility of higher inflation, higher gas prices and fuel shortages...
...really ridiculous," she said, adding,"that's not the first time they've publishedstupid and unreal articles in the People's Daily...
Massive retaliation has always seemed unreal, if not immoral. Now, as the cold war wanes and George Bush joins other NATO leaders in trying to reassure the Soviet Union of the U.S.'s peaceful intentions, critics point out that it is also profoundly dangerous. Veteran arms negotiator Paul Nitze says that despite the political changes sweeping Europe, the superpowers remain locked in an unstable, apocalyptic embrace. Georgia's Democratic Senator Sam Nunn has proposed a review of targeting doctrine, and Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will probe the issue at hearings. The most determined...