Word: proclaiming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocks me that in response to a question regarding U.S. intervention in East Timor [WORLD, Sept. 13], Defense Secretary William Cohen had the nerve to proclaim that "the U.S. cannot be and should not be viewed as the policeman of the world" and that the new hot spot is not in the "vital interest" of the U.S. This from the man who only months ago was advancing the Clinton policy that we all had a moral obligation to help the Kosovar Albanians against the oppressive Serbian regime. Perhaps U.S. motivations were not so humanitarian as claimed. ROBERT C. MULLINS Geneva...
...that, TIME's board refuses to proclaim a "new economy" from which recessions have been banished. The Internet and IT may make downturns milder and less frequent, partly by tamping down the wild inventory swings that have intensified past slumps. Computers make it much easier to match orders and deliveries of goods to sales. On the other hand, Sinai senses an enhanced source of instability--the frenzied pace of stock and real estate trading, speeded up by the Internet and intensified by the enthusiasm of investors for Internet stocks, some of which may take many years to justify their current...
...Boys re-emerge from the bottom of the stage to deliver their smash-hit single "I Want It That Way," giving themselves completely to the audience. Screaming with hysteria I looked up to see Kevin was standing right above me. I couldn't help but to wave and furiously proclaim my undying devotion. And then it happened--he looked at me. At me! (I wanted to make a last ditch run to the bathroom to check my hair and makeup....) If he hadn't been in the middle of his song, I'm pretty sure he would have proposed marriage...
...seems that J.K. Rowling has tapped into the '90s world of hype. Posters in bookstore windows around the world proudly proclaim "Harry Potter sold here," and proprieters are more than willing to take advance orders for new books in the series...
...problem isn't necessarily with her politics, but with her home state. Clinton is a skilled lawyer and certainly a talented politician who could probably adequately represent New York, but she cannot have passion for things New York. Why else would her first major political move be to proclaim her love for the New York Yankees...