Word: explained
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...criticisms of Kuwait have always been overdrawn. At most levels they are simplistic. Often they remind a Westerner of how difficult it was to talk to a communist about the U.S. when one tried to explain that America's society was basically good despite segregation. In their hearts and minds, Americans believed that completely -- and eventually, of course, the remnants of at least legal discrimination were abolished. Similarly, Kuwait's problems should be seen in context. Like Israel, an essentially decent nation despite some glaring blind spots, Kuwait before Saddam was a good country in a bad neighborhood. It will...
Pegged a comer early on, Khalifa worked for the Finance Ministry between graduate studies in London and Beirut, often jetting home weekly for meetings. Before he was 30, Khalifa was representing Kuwait at important OPEC meetings. "I remember once when I went to Baghdad to explain our views on oil prices," says Khalifa. "After I finished my presentation, I was called to another building to see Saddam. Before I could go through it all again, Saddam said, 'Khalifa, your explanation is not valid.' There had been no time for anyone at the earlier meeting to have briefed him, but Saddam...
...backs of airline tickets. I struggle over it in tax forms or information from government agencies. I agonize over it in the instructions that come with do-it-yourself kits. I strain to comprehend it when I stop to ask directions, or when I hear a sports announcer explain why an outfielder played a single into a triple or why a wide receiver ran the wrong route...
...Many explain the disparity in representation of Christmas and Hannukah decorations by pointing out that Christmas is a major holiday with significant religious meaning, while Hannukah is a relatively unimportant festival enlarged specifically to provide a counter-Christmas for American Jewish children...
...Gonick, however, knows how to set up a the basics of a culture and then fill in the reader's knowledge with tantalizing facts. His footnotes (three panels at the bottom of the page set off with a foot drawing an asterix), which he uses to give background or explain historical controversies (such as the Egyptian version of the Trojan war), are especially interesting...