Word: abounding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country, a statesman is a man who lies from the comfort of home. Regarding China, American statesmen abound. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord denies vehemently that America is trying to contain China as it once did the Soviet Union. Our policy is one of engagement not containment, he insists. And Newt Gingrich says on Face the Nation that we should help the Chinese people undermine the Chinese government, then spends the next five minutes explaining that he did not really mean undermining...
Those specters will probably push the two sides to a solution--this time. But other flash points abound. Already there are bitter disputes about cargo flights over the Pacific, complete with threats not to let each other's planes land, and an Eastman Kodak demand that Washington punish Japan for a supposed conspiracy that limits Kodak's sales of camera film there. The squabbling may boil over into global politics: Japan has announced that it will not join the U.S. in refusing to buy oil from Iran...
...streets of Cambridge are not the only places to find cheap music during the summer. Free outdoor concerts abound at such venues as the Hatch Shell in Boston and Charles Square in Cambridge...
After the longest off-season of the twentieth century,Major League baseball is back. It's been257 days since the last pitch was thrownin a big league game, and questions abound. While fans wonder if the out-of-practice players will be up to snuff, the owners and players are wondering if the fans will come back. Season ticket sales are lagging in some cities, and five teams have cut their average ticket price. TIME sports editor Steve Wulf says that although there are many reasons for the fans to be dissatisfied--a shorter than normal season, an umpire...
...Morris had a falling out after that election, reconciled briefly in 1980 (even though Clinton lost his re-election bid) and then formed an unshakable bond in 1982, when Morris helped Clinton reinvent himself politically and develop the "permanent campaign" strategy that Clinton still employs. Possibly apocryphal stories abound about the two men staying up all night writing campaign commercials and of Clinton decking Morris over a disagreement about Clinton's treatment of his chief of staff, Betsey Wright. Coming to terms with his own increasing conservatism, Morris decided in 1988 to consult for pay only for Republicans, although...