Word: adopters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Well, I would hope that most American voters are intelligent enough to reject the simple-minded Rush Limbaugh one-party-good-other-party-bad mentality. The history of the United States is the history of moderation and compromise, and if Clinton believes that it is necessary to adopt elements of the Republican's platform in order to produce the most effective and successful policies, then he deserves credit, and not scorn, from the voters...
...gene apparently confers an 85% risk of developing breast cancer and a 40%-to-60% risk of ovarian cancer, women who test positive may reduce that risk considerably, says Mark Skolnick, who led the team at Salt Lake City's Myriad Genetics that isolated the gene. He suggests they adopt a program that includes, among other things, exercise and a low-fat diet, and that they avoid doses of estrogen after menopause. Some go further, opting to have their ovaries removed or even choosing prophylactic mastectomies...
...Clinton, winning in '96 required reverting to the themes he'd pushed successfully in '92. He had to adopt everything the nation thought was good about Republicanism and then go further and paint the Republicans themselves, or at least the Gingrichites, as beyond the centrist pale. The Great Repositioning began with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that debuted in the summer of 1995 in selected, midsize media markets--away from the national press corps' cynical gaze. The very first spot, aired on June 27, telegraphed the President's strategy: Clinton wouldn't be out-toughed. In that ad a solemn...
...move that could signal the beginning of much broader use of Crimson Cash throughout the University, two major library systems have decided to adopt that payment method for photocopying services...
...heterosexual couple is that the heterosexual couple can have children. Therefore, the virtue of marriage must lie in its procreative ability. But what, then, is the point of letting a man and a woman marry if one of them is infertile? I suppose this imaginary couple could adopt, but what then of couples who do not want to have kids, who in fact both hate kids and would provide a terrible environment for a child to grow up in? Should marriages such as these be encouraged, too, simply because the couples are heterosexual? Not by the logic that justifies denying...