Word: destroying
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Some gay activists decided that the best way to halt gay bashing by public figures was to expose the sexual activities of critics who are homosexual themselves. This practice, known as "outing," caused deep embarrassment to several elected officials. Opponents warned that such tactics don't win support -- they destroy lives...
Though the right-wing ideologues are not yet strong enough to destroy the Bush presidency, they are capable of inflicting political damage. Phillips and other conservatives, encouraged by the election of independent Walter Hickel as Governor of Alaska on an antitax platform last month, are organizing what they call the U.S. Taxpayers Party. Phillips concedes that the party lacks a "rallying point" so far. But the incipient revolt could drain off crucial Bush votes...
Being the Commander in Chief in a democracy is one of the dangerous mysteries of American leadership, as Lyndon Johnson found out. Unless George Bush, a President with some royalist tendencies, learns to fear that mystery, it might destroy...
...exiled Kuwaiti Emir in a phone call shortly after his press conference. But the Kuwaitis themselves had been willing to discuss leasing some territory to Iraq before the Aug. 2 invasion. Such a deal might still be possible if, say, Saddam were willing to downsize his military and destroy his weapons of mass destruction...
...really just for the joke that this boob had a position where he could possibly make a mistake and destroy the world," Simon said...