Word: act
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...industry in which Vogue editor Anna Wintour's decision to wear fur in defiance of animal-rights protesters constitutes a courageous political act, Aucoin's recent assertion that he would never ply his brushes on the face of a right-wing Republican because it would be like "a Jew doing makeup for Eva Braun" marks him as something of an anomaly. Over the past decade, he has worked on more magazine covers than anyone else in his field. On Oscar night, his ministrations are coveted by Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman. Yet he has proved himself as likely to make...
...private. His campaign team is frustrated by Allen's in-your-face approach and his habit of harping on the 50?-per-gal. gas-tax hike Robb proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak put it, "You can't spend all your time trying to correct the record...
Israeli army officials said the helicopter strikes were a "limited action designed to respond to the barbaric act Palestinians conducted yesterday morning." Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Israel did not intend to "conquer" territory in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian security control...
...releases caused Israel to go on high alert. "This is a grave act that increases the probability of terror attacks," Barak said...
...Clinton and Gore do command all the resources of incumbency. In any case, an American presidential election seems relatively unimportant in a world context that is, for the moment, abruptly changed. Arafat has succeeded in discrediting the peace process itself, an act of wanton perversity. The Palestinians had within their grasp the best settlement they will ever get - almost all of the West Bank and Gaza, the prospect of a shared Jerusalem. But perhaps in the Palestinian subconscious there remains a sense of injured honor that judges it must win back by force of arms land lost by force...