Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finish all 13 appropriations bills by the end of this week, Clinton could veto as many as five of them, beginning a pitched fight that may decide the 2000 election. And don't expect him to position himself as a centrist, the role he played in the balanced-budget agreement two years ago and on welfare reform...
During the second discussion, candidates were in some agreement that traffic was a major issue in Cambridge...
...same time, the harsh conditions imposed on Germany at Versailles--including the infamous "war guilt" clause--clearly led to the resurgence of German nationalism. That the United States did not ratify the agreement shows nothing more than that the Senate in 1920 recognized a bad treaty when it saw one. Perhaps if our European allies had followed our example and tried to work out a more equitable agreement, the catastrophes of the subsequent two decades might have been avoided...
Likewise, the question today is not whether we should have a nuclear arms agreement--clearly, we should--but rather what kind of agreement it should...
...unfair to suggest that the Senate did not take a principled stand on the matter. Instead of casting blame, we should take this opportunity to figure out what kind of arms agreement will meaningfully safeguard the peaceful interests of the United States and the world in the years to come...