Word: arkansan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thereby removing the need for Williams to do so, but the Representative from Little Rock had never intended to go with Clinton. He had already made his concession to the Democratic leadership, which was to withhold his no decision until late enough in the roll call so that an Arkansan would not be a bad example to fence sitters...
Invoking privilege of any sort goes against the picture of the down-home Arkansan whose natural populist tendencies served him well in the campaign. His Bubba barber of 17 years, his off-the-rack suits, the Governor's mansion with its tattered volleyball net -- these have given way to a Belgian-born hair stylist, Armani jackets and a private jogging track...
...Clinton may well be the luckiest President in the history of the country," says Don McWhorter, president of Banc One in Columbus, Ohio. The Arkansan took office when cyclical trends were about to cause a long-overdue quickening of the recovery (which, in fact, began in the closing months of the Bush Administration). For example, despite the well-publicized losses at GM, IBM and Sears, corporate profits in general are soaring. Low interest rates have reduced the cost of paying off debt, and downsizing programs have made many companies more competitive. Says Hugh Johnson, financial strategist for the New York...
...Children and Youth and the evening's Presidential Gala, could doze through all the dos. Clinton couldn't and wouldn't. A pretty fair performer himself, he knew that a speaker is only as good as his listeners. So he gave the victory fist to soprano (and fellow Arkansan) Barbara Hendricks. He misted up at Goldie Hawn's tale of her dead father. Jackson's song for AIDS victim Ryan White induced a dry cry in Clinton. "Mr. About-to-Be-President," as music mogul Quincy Jones addressed him, gave the thumbs-up to Bob Dylan, though the old folkie...
Clinton went on at the convention to deftly disarm Jackson as a potential troublemaker. Here again, the Arkansan fell into some luck. Jackson was another of the prominent Democrats who decided early on not to run in 1992; had he made the race and come into the convention with the masses of delegates he commanded in 1984 and 1988, he might easily have caused Clinton headaches as splitting as those he gave Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. But with no delegates at all this year, Jackson could rely only on his clout as a senior black leader...