Word: yearning
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...though Lebed, 45, now dresses in pinstripe suits, his bayonet-straight bearing and telegraphic speech immediately mark him as a military man. He is the former commander of Russia's 14th Army in the breakaway Trans-Dniestr region of the republic of Moldova, and he appeals to voters who yearn for a plainspoken general on a white charger to put things in order...
...Portillo victory would mean a serious setback for democracy," TIME's Mike Leffert reports from Guatemala City. "Business is also worried that a Portillo win could threaten privatization projects and guarantees for property rights." Weary of their country's 35-year-old civil war, some Guatamalans are beginning to yearn for a return to the militaristic, authoritarianism of Rios administration...
...Washington a month ago: "We should not let the land flowing with milk and honey become a land flowing with blood and tears. Don't let it happen." The President added: "Now it falls to us, all those in Israel, throughout the Middle East, and around the world who yearn for and love peace to make sure it doesn't happen. Yitzhak Rabin was my partner and my friend. I admired him and I loved him very much. Because words cannot express my true feelings, let me just say Shalom, chaver -- Goodbye, friend." Clinton will leave for Israel...
Though radically different in ideology, Perot and Jackson both yearn to advance an ambitious agenda, even if that means playing the spoiler. Each is a failed presidential candidate with no realistic chance to win the White House, but each muses about running under the right circumstances. For Jackson, those include a weakened President who continues to disappoint his party's left wing. For Perot, the lure would be the G.O.P.'s failure to keep its promise of revolutionary reform...
...admit the real target is closer to $30 million. To pull it off, Alexander will attend 296 fund-raising events this year--a daunting schedule that is designed to raise, as Alexander's finance chairman Ted Welch coolly puts it, "a mil every 10 days." To the men who yearn to be Commander in Chief, the endless money grubbing is something to be endured, not enjoyed. As Alexander says, "I feel like a trained...