Word: expressiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze told Soviet reporters that "it is not the idea of German unity itself but the revival of sinister shadows of the past" that raises alarm. He proposed that some way be found for the citizens of the Soviet Union, Europe, the U.S. and Canada to express their opinions on unification...
...Bishop Tutu...really made a magnificent effortto come over here for a meeting. At thatparticular time, I never thought he would be ableto do that very very difficult trip," Bok said."He came over...just for that meeting. And so wecertainly wanted to express our thanks for thateffort and also to have him reflect on what wasgoing on South Africa, which...
Atkins called the support that rich people often express for refugees "theoretical." A "struggle" between the established residents and the refugees often takes place because of the initial economic drain refugees exert upon community educational and social resources, he said...
...Washington, Francois Benoit, Haiti's Ambassador to the U.S., resigned in protest. In Port-au-Prince, Alvin P. Adams, the U.S. Ambassador, visited Avril to express "outrage," terming Avril's actions "indefensible." French President Francois Mitterrand was reported to have telephoned a tough rebuke to Avril, and later Paris announced that it was suspending aid to Haiti because of the crackdown. The U.S. and the World Bank may reassess plans for financial aid to the country...
...frequently uses its extraordinary powers of coercion in a presumptuous and reckless manner. He illustrates the charge with numerous cases, a few obviously selected for comic relief: the New York teenager, for example, who questioned the constitutionality of the income tax in a letter published in the Buffalo Courier-Express. Suspecting criminal noncompliance, 15 agents tailed the boy for four days, discovering that he talked to his mailman, ate pizza and read pornographic magazines. True, he never filed a tax form, but, then, he was still a dependent with no income...