Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early announcement also upset many relatives of the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. "This idea opens a Pandora's box, and they just want to dump the sanctions," said Susan Cohen after speaking with Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger. And with none of the logistics of conducting a Scottish trial in The Hague worked out, even President Clinton seemed skeptical: "We're looking at it but I don't know that it can be done," he said. Memo to State: Next time, make sure everyone's on the same page...
Speculation about who exactly might have leaked news of the Wills-Camilla meeting has turned into something of a London parlor game. The palace was furious at the suggestion that it provided the tip-off. Indeed, Prince Charles was said to be upset that word had filtered out; he surely understood that Diana's friends and fans would find it insensitive to have Parker Bowles meeting Wills before the first anniversary of the princess's death. Another theory has it that friends of Parker Bowles passed on the information in hopes that it would help redeem her reputation among...
...managed-care reform bills, two executives of Caterpillar, his district's largest employer, quickly flew to Washington to register their unhappiness with him. Small-business owners--the operators of hardware stores, real estate agencies and Laundromats who form the bedrock of G.O.P. support at home--are even more upset at the prospect of a bill that could raise their insurance costs. Six Republicans, including Norwood, have already removed their names from the Norwood bill. A health-care-industry official put it bluntly, "You gotta climb over [local business leaders'] dead bodies...
Hennefeld said that students were the impetus behind CLC's decision to formulate a code, but they have been left out of CLC discussions so far. For this reason, Hennefeld said he is upset...
...year he explained that his income was modest (largely derived from royalties on his memoirs), but not to worry, the state covers most of his expenses. This time around, he's silent. The Kremlin confirmed the figures, but gave no reason for the income jump. "Why should this figure upset so many journalists?" wondered a Kremlin spokesman. "Our President is by no means outrageously wealthy, and he has earned every kopeck honestly...