Word: wente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went well, considering the conditions," she added...
...went well, considering the conditions," she added...
Just like that, my fifteen minutes had come and went, like those of so many others before me, gone in closer to fifteen seconds than minutes. Parents, friends and groupies who later saw the broadcast of the show claimed I raised my hand sheepishly to acknowledge the lackluster shout-out, but honestly I have no memory of such action. Though I knew to be prepared for my fifteen minutes, I had failed miserably at the task, and let them pass me by with barely a peep...
David Trimble?s Nobel Peace Prize may have been a little premature. Northern Ireland?s political leaders went back to the drawing board Friday, with the decision to keep talking being about the only thing they?re able to agree on. Trimble and his Ulster Unionist Party brought last year?s peace agreement crashing to a standstill Thursday by refusing to take their seats in the new Northern Ireland assembly, insisting they would boycott until the IRA begins to disarm. Having failed to navigate a way through the impasse, Britain picked up the phone overnight and summoned former U.S. senator...
...justify a further tightening of authoritarian social control. "Provoking confrontation could cut the ground out from under Khatami," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "But it?s a risky course, because it could eventually leave the hard-liners facing a unified rebellion from the population." Monday?s protests went ahead despite an order by Tehran?s National Security Council forbidding demonstrations without official permission. And as much as Khatami can see the danger of pursuing a direct confrontation with the security establishment, he may not be able to rein in a student body that is beginning to discover its collective power...