Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...European Union, led by France, nixed a compromise deal on the grounds that it cut the U.S. and other big polluters too much slack. The U.S. plan would have adjusted greenhouse gas emission figures to take "sinks," forests and other growing plants that absorb carbon dioxide, into account. The failure of the talks may have come as a relief to big oil-producing countries that might have seen demand for oil drop if industrialized countries were forced into investing in alternate energy sources. Indeed, as recently as September, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and other members of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries...
...violence, Israel's opposition Shas Party gave Prime Minister Ehud Barak a one-month "umbrella" of political support, a temporary reprieve from domestic political pressure. But next week that umbrella is set to close, and Barak must figure out how to hold his government together. He has two choices: cut a deal with the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party or swallow hard and hold hands with Sharon. It will very probably be Sharon's last bid for power--the final attempt of a legendary general to grab his country's highest office. If his sheep are scared, they have reason. Sharon...
...national-unity government. Barak wanted Sharon included to bolster his minority government. But Sharon set out to exact a high price, demanding a veto over peace-process issues. Barak's team wavered. Two weeks ago, Sharon's chief negotiator, Likud legislator Meir Sheetrit, demanded a decision. "Let's cut the bulls___," he remembers saying. "I want to do a deal on the veto item." Barak wasn't playing. The next day the Prime Minister moved to cut the ground out from under Sharon, appearing on television to deny that he'd given Sharon a veto...
...around the court's Sunday deadline by deciding to recount only some 11,000 of Dade's 654,000 ballots. Those disputed ballots, most of which did not register presidential votes in the machines, were thought to favor Gore. Worse, the board moved into a smaller room that cut off public observation. "They denied our legal rights," says Paul Crespo, an ex-Marine and coordinator of a group called Young Professionals for Bush. "We cried foul." In fact, the Republicans, who justifiably delight in throwing 1960s chants back at Democrats, began shouting, "The whole world is watching...
...always had incredibly funny moments in his movies and I think his new movie is actually a step beyond. There's more of a concept to it than his other movies. There's a world in there. He worked harder on it than any other script. I hope critics cut him some slack...