Word: groundedness
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Nothing is quite so disarming to potential adversaries as a phone call from the President of the United States. Which explains why two swift calls from Bill Clinton last week brought a quick end to a rancorous strike that had grounded 10% of the country's air traffic and threatened...
Although this noble sentiment is fundamentally well-grounded, the strategy is extremely inefficient. After all, the council has inertia on its side. The true solution to the waste of money should be clear: permanent dissolution of the entire council. And, to be democratic about the whole affair, let's put...
Oct. 31: Graveyard On Halloween night just before the witching hour, I rose from Biology texts and stumbled across the Yard. Dressed in a purple rubberized rain suit from head to toe, I set off to the Old Burying Ground in search of the occult. The rain was falling in...
In the best sense of the word they -- and the movie -- remain wayward, unpredictable. For this, credit the blarney-proof script of Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) and the wintry imagery and emotional firmness of the direction by Mike Newell (Enchanted April). There are no leprechauns sitting on their shoulders...
Unfortunately, Sharon and the hard-liners have let this peculiar comfort in asperity overrule calculation--even cynical calculation. How can Israel deal with the PLO, he asks--its untouchable status is part of the architecture. It is to Israel's advantage to have a PLO whose legitimacy is grounded in...