Word: wing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...defended his party's principles, blaming right-wing extremists for the anti-gay platform...
...streets rather than at the negotiating table, and that gives Arafat very little political cover to revive talks. Barak?s immediate political survival may depend on getting tough and putting the peace process in the deep freeze in order to form a coalition government with the right-wing Likud party. Going back to the negotiating table right now may not suit either side, even though they may work to keep channels open in order to ensure that the low-level shooting war doesn?t spin out of control. Seven years after the Oslo Accord, the reality on the West Bank...
Luckily for the bean-counters, someone took a gamble on the idea. But it's interesting to consider why such a formula seems to work so well. Some have suggested that the idealism of "West Wing" constitutes some sort of wish-fulfillment for its viewers. In the modern world, zoning out in front of the television may indeed be tantamount to a 21st century version of dreaming; had Freud lived today, he might agree that when we switch into couch potato mode, we are unconsciously drawn to that which we desire most...
...Tweedledee and Tweedledum battled it out on Tuesday, I did my best to remind myself that "West Wing" is a work of fiction; that my secret desire for Election 2000 to yield inspirational candidates could not be assuaged by watching Martin Sheen in all his carefully scripted glory...
That still didn't stop me from tuning in on Wednesday, or from being incredibly grateful that I can watch the Mets win next week on Fox--during commercial breaks from "West Wing," of course...