Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hyde meanwhile sent the White House a list of 81 questions, asking that the President confirm or deny specific findings in Starr's report. Some of the "requests for admission" ask whether he lied in his deposition in the Paula Jones case or in his testimony before Starr's grand jury. White House lawyers say they are working on quick replies, but don't expect them to send any that admit to outright perjury or obstruction of justice. The Republican strategy, cooked up before the election, seemed to be that eliciting denials from the White House on some issues would...
...what, you might ask, did all this mean for practical politics? Here is where the difficulties arose. Trying to explain himself, as he so often did, Gingrich would only make matters worse. After Bob Dole's defeat in 1996, the Speaker tried to inspire the troops with a "movement planning proposal," in which the definer defined his mission (take a deep breath) like so: "We are the positive, values-oriented, problem-solving movement committed to a stronger better America with a better government that uses modern management, relies on faith-based and other charities, pursues modern science and technology, encourages...
...back and forth in his chair like a toy dog in a car window. He testily parsed fine distinctions (Microsoft's "deal" with Apple vs. their "relationship") and professed to be nonplussed by common Anglo-Saxon words ("I have no idea what you're talking about when you say 'ask.'"). At times the wiry, high-pitched, tousled-haired billionaire morphed into Woody Allen riffing on Bill Clinton's deposition in the Ken Starr inquiry...
...Buying a stock for its management has become a bit like picking a restaurant for its chef. You need to check in once in a while to make sure old Pierre is still there--and that he isn't suddenly trying to cook Chinese. Here are four questions to ask when reviewing the management menu...
...picked b, you've got lots of company. In the past few months, everybody from world-famous hospitals to cyberentrepreneurs has added an Ask-the-Expert feature to his health and medical home page. And judging by the crowd at Intel's Internet Health Day in San Francisco two weeks ago, the boom is just beginning. Flesh-and-blood doctors may cringe, but today's online health advisers are giving us a glimpse of the future of medicine...