Word: wrings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over Europe and the Middle East last week. "I am not going anywhere to seek support," said Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "I am going to explain our position." Her message: The U.S. welcomes allies, but will take to the skies alone if necessary. In Paris she managed to wring an agreement from France not to protest in public if the U.S. hits Saddam, but Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov refused to cooperate even that much...
...whom you ask. To hear NASA tell it, the fallout from such a disaster would be primarily emotional. Scores of scientists and technicians would watch bitterly as years of work went up in smoke and the chance to learn valuable information about a distant, mysterious world evaporated. Congress would wring its hands over wasting $3 billion of the taxpayers' money. And NASA's reputation would get another black mark...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a pre-Helsinki summit meeting with President Clinton, Yevgeny Primakov continued his push to wring the maximum possible concessions out of the U.S. before NATO begins its eastward expansion. With the Russian Foreign Minister taking an increasingly hard line towards expansion, Clinton laid several concessions out on the table. Among them were a charter to give Russian more participation in NATO proceedings, joint peacekeeping operations similar to those in Bosnia and promises that NATO would not deploy troops in substantial numbers in newly admitted states. But because none of the proposals addressed one of Russia's most...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a pre-Helsinki summit meeting with President Clinton, Yevgeny Primakov continued his push to wring the maximum possible concessions out of the U.S. before NATO begins its eastward expansion. With the Russian Foreign Minister taking an increasingly hard line towards expansion, Clinton laid several concessions out on the table. Among them were a charter to give Russian more participation in NATO proceedings, joint peacekeeping operations similar to those in Bosnia and promises that NATO would not deploy troops in substantial numbers in newly admitted states. But because none of the proposals addressed one of Russia's most...
Manson is not, of course, the first to wring fame out of ghoulish theater. Pioneer shock rockers Alice Cooper and Kiss made millions daring audiences to share the humor behind their fright masks. But Manson's act is shorn of all humor. What's left is lurid spectacle that conveys little meaning beyond its shock value...