Word: resentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resent that. I hate Americans as much as anybody. You just don't understand. At the time, I thought we could get arms from the Americans and then use them to slaughter thousands of innocent Iraqis; it just seemed like a neat idea...
...never occurred to me for a single minute that a man in that position would not tell the truth to one of his closest colleagues, particularly someone who was going to defend him. And I deeply resent the idea that I was actually perpetrating a falsehood unknowingly for all that time...
Some political spouses resent the demands life in the public fishbowl makes on their families. One woman recalls being followed into a public rest room and accosted about her husband's position on abortion. Another describes taking a family vacation after a grueling re-election campaign, only to find the hotel telephone ringing off the hook. One political wife even carries a supply of her husband's cards to give constituents who badger her in public. Jeanne Simon, wife of Illinois Senator Paul Simon, tries to head off such pressures by carving out regular private time with the candidate...
...just in terms of exposure this represents a coup for Dukakis and makes the risk worthwhile. The 90 minutes Dukakis will have to himself is in itself worth millions of dollars; appearing on Nightline will provide him with an immense audience. Unlike political commercials, which voters tend to resent and ignore, the show's format will tend to make viewers more attentive and look more favorably upon both Dukakis and his message. The program will allow voters to see Dukakis at length and get a better sense of who he is--a widespread complaint has been that...
...pledge to score the emotional high point of the debate. Bush had declared that he was not questioning his opponent's patriotism. "Of course, the Vice President is questioning my patriotism," said the Democratic nominee. "I don't think there's any question about that, and I resent it. I resent it. My parents came to this country as immigrants. They taught me this was the greatest country in the world. I'm in public service because I love this country. I believe in it, and nobody's going to question my patriotism...