Search Details

Word: warriorism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...merely as a gangster is to misunderstand not only why he invaded Kuwait but also why he has gained so much popular support among the "Arab masses." Saddam's propaganda variously portrays him as Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian King who destroyed Jerusalem in 587 B.C., or as Saladin, the Kurdish warrior who fought off the Crusaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam and the Arabs: The Devil in the Hero | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

...Desert Warrior Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became America's most saluted soldier as he guided the swift deployment of 280,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. His tough-guy image and smooth deskside manner have pundits speculating that Powell would be the perfect running mate for Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers of 1990 | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...send the volunteer armed forces overseas as our mercenary army and not really feel threatened. It is so much easier when these poor, unemployed, under-educated, minority "volunteers" fight for us. We can hire them to fight in our place, and as the ruling class and not the warrior class, we never have to deal directly with the consequences of our decisions...

Author: By John D. Staines, | Title: Speak While Speech Still Counts | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...global President, the diplomatic road warrior (a rattled rocket here, a helping hand there), Bush has raised presidential motion beyond art to religion. He has always been nervous sitting still. He is at his absolute best in some wind-scoured distant city like Prague, raincoat crunched around him, hair blowing, lifting the hopes of more than 100,000 Czechs -- or in Paris, glad-handing his way through mirrored halls while the First Lady is off in the Grand Palais viewing one of Picasso's works, cocking her head this way and that, deciding "it had about 18 different ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanksgiving in The Desert | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...signs point to Bob Martinez as the White House choice to succeed William Bennett as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Two things make Martinez a natural for the job. One is his reputation as a hard-line antidrug warrior during his single term as Governor of Florida; the other is his connections at the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man for the Job? | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

Previous | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | Next