Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hale got no special protection. They say that because Reimer knew Hale was under investigation, Hale's file didn't need to be formally flagged. And it was within Reimer's power to issue a waiver allowing Hale to retire in spite of the investigation. "Is Reimer supposed to ask himself for a waiver?" a senior Army officer asks. There was nothing illegal about allowing Hale to retire, the officer argues. Besides, he contends, Hale can always be recalled to active duty to face punishment...
...waiting time to see a doctor for a Viagra consultation is a month. Not that this has stopped motivated patients. "We've been inundated with emergencies," says Dr. Ramon Perez. "Pain in the kidney. Blood in the urine. But when they get in here, they just want to ask us about Viagra. It's amazing. These people have been impotent for three years, and they cannot wait another few days...
...stopped taking the Depakote--her doctor approved, wrongly thinking she would quickly change to lithium, another medication used to treat bipolar disorder--and started telling friends that she and Vili were truly in love. "Since when do people who love each other have to defend it?" she would ask. She quarreled with her court-approved treatment counselor, Terry Copeland, who in 15 years had never seen a sex offender in his care return to prison for committing another sex offense. He has counseled more than...
...more local, short-term trips now," Myers says. "The main reason is that students here all have such busy schedules. Even just one or two days is a lot to ask...
...campaign fundraising reeks of corruption. The Republican leadership in Congress, by killing every major attempt at campaign finance reform, hopes that voters won't care enough to punish them in November. Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, for example, claims that voters in his home state of Mississippi "don't ask me about this subject." When representatives return home for summer recess and begin campaigning, we'll see if they're correct. If not, look for the Republicans to meet the fate of their Democratic predecessors who once thought voters didn't care about budget deficits either...