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Some shrewd inner compass and an unholy supply of curiosity saved him from becoming a relic of the past or an embattled opponent of the present.
Many Americans see Saudi Arabia as an enemy, not as an embattled ally.
As the forces of rebellion gathered momentum this spring in the Republic of Zaire, commentators felt obliged to offer a thumb-sucking retrospective on the country's embattled and dying president, Mobutu Sese Seko, who had held power for more than three decades.
The Guardian of London said in an editorial that Russia's allowing a "token" visit by a representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the embattled republic "will do nothing to halt the gut-wrenching mayhem in Chechnya, where there remains no prospect of a ceasefire or even of a de-escalation."
An embattled Clinton is prone not just to play the demagogue on Medicare but also to promote dubious IRS reforms and climb aboard a new Communications Decency Act.