Word: questions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even some of those who oppose abortion are now claiming they are pro-choice. "I am pro-life and pro-choice," says Ann Stone, the brains behind the right wing's wildly successful direct-mail operations. "The question is, Who decides, us or the government?" Stone will soon announce creation of Republicans for Choice, a political-action committee that will support pro- choice G.O.P. candidates and work to change the Republican platform's rigid antiabortion plank. Like Atwater, Stone is not flying solo. "Let's just say we know what she is up to," says a Bush aide...
...talks about the "reservoir of goodwill" that still exists between black and white in South Africa. This is more wishful thinking than reality, but if the idea is that the black majority will give him more time, De Klerk is probably right. But how much more time is the question...
...that they serve in their own territories," he recalls. "But can you imagine what would happen if there were two separate army units, one from Armenia and one from Azerbaijan? Actually there are few Armenians and Azerbaijanis among the troops there. In Nagorno-Karabakh it wasn't just a question of not using Azerbaijani soldiers, but Uzbeks, Tadahiks, Chechens -- any of the Muslim peoples. They were viewed with mistrust by Armenians, who feared that these soldiers would always defend the Azerbaijanis. We tried to see that boys of Slavic extraction, from Russia, the Ukraine or Belorussia, served in Nagorno-Karabakh...
...wives into extramarital affairs. He may be + the most thoroughly corrupt (and corrupting) cop in an overcrowded movie field. His response to a departmental investigation is to threaten to seduce the wife of head detective Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) if Avila doesn't quash the case. No question about it, Internal Affairs is a nasty, sometimes brutal, piece of work. But Gere is hypnotic, writer Henry Bean's construction is entertainingly intricate, and director Mike Figgis knows how to turn on a subtle, authentic erotic heat...
...supension of most new investment from abroad has reduced the country's economic growth rate by about 30%, to the current 2.2%. But such statistics by themselves do not add up to success. There was never any doubt that punitive measures could damage the South African economy. The real question was whether hurting the economy could force the government to change its fundamental apartheid policies...