Word: avoidance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about who presents them better, and who can come out of the scrap smelling like a rose. Tom DeLay started down the road to p.r. disaster a month ago, when the super-whip promised to spend so much that Clinton would have to negotiate "on his knees" to avoid dipping into the Social Security pool for his own programs. Well, they've spent more than that, and the Social Security surplus is indeed in danger. So when Clinton took some time at the microphones Thursday to diss the Republican plan, he was so confident he actually broke into laughter...
...tougher to find something healthy on the night-train, but even The Crimson Sports Grille (59 JFK St.; 868-5900; Sunday to Wednesday noon to 1 a.m., Thursday to Saturday noon to 2 a.m.) makes it doable. To avoid the premature beer belly, Matty the bartender advises to stick to light beer, vodka and whiskey. The healthiest drink is the vodka tonic. As for the hard Cider/Beer debate, keep in mind that cider has those sugar calories that beer doesn't, but cider has twice the alcohol content and will get you wicked hammered twice as fast...
...debacle in Chechnya, are warning against escalating the conflict. But the recent apartment bombings ? and a videotape released by Russian intelligence showing Chechen commanders torturing and beheading Russian captives ? has fueled public support for retribution, and Putin now faces the delicate challenge of modulating Moscow's response to avoid...
...avoid that, he urged students to "add a moral dimension as we approach the dawn of the new millenium. In the midst of the exciting things you are doing at Harvard, I pray you will not starve your soul...
There were eight of us aboard the 150-ft. Gulf Majesty, pulling a loaded barge about 300 miles outside Jacksonville, Fla., our home port, heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We'd been at sea since Saturday, and we were just trying to avoid the storm. Our higher-ups told us to head north and take the long way around...