Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dangers. Extreme contingencies call for the troops to abandon equipment and dash for helicopters or the coast, shooting their way out if necessary. Already as of late last week, 360 soldiers of the U.N. "protective" force, which sometimes seems to need more protection than it delivers, were being held virtual hostages by Serb forces; their numbers could grow if a pullout were ordered...
...pity, part of the Kabuki of manipulation. Any grownup knows there is racism in America. There is racism almost everywhere in the world. The Chinese refer to Africans as hei gwei, or "black devils." (They refer to whites, by the way, as "white devils.") The Chinese were used as virtual slaves in the American West during the 19th century. In Egypt (which many African Americans embrace as the founding mother of black civilization), even people with moderately dark skins refer to themselves as "white." In the Dominican Republic, citizens despise Haitians with an appalling frankness. Racists? Try Russia. Visit Japan...
...anything to stop the war. The Serbs hardly broke stride on their march to Bihac, and the battle went very much according to their plan. They hit Sarajevo with artillery and sniper fire and confined more than 275 blue helmets to their barracks around Sarajevo, turning them into virtual hostages. Determined to crush the Fifth Corps of the Muslim- led Bosnian army based at Bihac, the Serbs bombarded the town for days, driving most of its army defenders and 70,000 civilians into basements and shelters. Ground troops then pressed into the zone the U.N. had declared a "safe area...
...messages for the public to read. Because of this high level of anonymity (for many users, read: adventure), some newsgroups become harmless forums where shy housewives may live out their fantasies, college kids can plan communist revolutions and strangers are introduced to one another. The cyberspace becomes a surreal, virtual world where characters exist only by the words their creators choose to write. And nothing more...
Welcome to Hell. Or, to be more precise, the Hell for Fallen Incumbents. This is where those candidates are sent by their constituents, virtual St. Peters at the gates of Heaven, when they are not readmitted to that Eternal Paradise, known as the U.S. Congress...