Word: killing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Franklin suspects his divorce hit his kids hard. But he also sees a genetic component in depression. He has heard that his father, with whom he has no ties, once attempted to kill himself, but it never registered until now. Depression never held back Les Franklin during his climb out of poverty. "Did Jamon have it hard?" he asks rhetorically. "Come on, look at this house! I was an IBM executive! And now I'm concerned about affluent black kids. There are the same patterns you see in the white community; they have more idle time, more time to think...
...American G.I., peacekeeping's paradox is plain. Shooting to kill--something a soldier has practiced since basic training--is the best thing he can do in combat. But it's the worst thing he can do on a peacekeeping mission because an itchy trigger finger can spark civilian casualties, renewed warfare and national embarrassment. Since the cold war, which Russian and U.S. troops spent pacing in their garrisons awaiting World War III, military prowess has become a more subtle discipline. But subtlety has never been the U.S. military's strong suit, and no other modern military mission is as vexing...
...even though her challenger, Rick Lazio, hasn't exactly attacked the race with all guns blazing - preferring to leave his own image fairly blurry around the edges - he has nonetheless managed to capitalize nicely on the Hillary antipathy, attracting national attention and a war chest most candidates would kill...
Like these: A sarcastic feint won't do. The vein you seek is called the jugular. If you draw your sword, you must use it to kill. There's nothing more embarrassing to watch than incompetent nastiness...
...athletes will take EPO in Sydney because they can. And some of them will take too much of it. In 1995 Olympic-caliber U.S. athletes were asked in a poll, "Would you take a drug that made you a champion, knowing that it would kill you in five years?" More than half said yes. So even if we forget about fair play and credibility and Olympic ideals, we are left with this: the athletes must be protected from themselves and the pressure...