Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could say to hell with this, I'm not going to be the nice guy anymore," admits a State Department official. "But if the sanctions are lifted soon, then it also removes his incentive for being a nice guy. In a way we're caught in the same bind." So far, two American Presidents have not found a way to eliminate Saddam or civilize him. Washington may have to settle for finding the least objectionable way of living with...
...dean also worked to bind schools more closely together, and faculty members say they want his successor to continue the effort...
...than other fringe cultures. Both mocked and feared, most accounts are ultimately sympathetic and advocate their vindication. But Larry Shue's The Nerd is an exception. The play's nemesis terrorizes the characters for two acts. (I was about ready to round up a posse from the audience and bind and gag him.) As a comedy of manners, The Nerd show-cases various quirks and idiosyncrasies possessed by different classes. Everyone is weird, the play seems to say. Well, yes, but not everyone exaggerates their weirdness and flings it in others' faces...
Their hope was three-fold: to give children there the opportunity to play soccer and to have a safe sport area which would help bind the community together; to give a precious new possession to a run-down area; and to lift people's spirits and their pride in the community. They were slapped in the face...
...course, Clinton can't afford to fire the Secretary in the months or weeks leading up to the elections. But notwithstanding the President's bind, he has set a dangerous precedent by making former President Carter his de facto chief diplomat. Carter currently holds neither elected office nor appointed post. He is not part of an official chain of command in which he can be held accountable for any of his decisions...