Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another Bush ad, by far the most striking and unusual of this campaign, reflects an effort at a different kind of inoculation. As a worried little girl wanders around what seems to be an abandoned military base, Bush tells us that "we live in a world of terrorists, madmen and missiles." The girl suddenly disappears, as Bush says that "a dangerous world still requires a sharpened sword." When he promises a "foreign policy with a touch of iron," the girl reappears, reaching out her hand to a uniformed arm. While the ad was produced well before the Governor flunked that...
...President Hugo Chavez, 45, a fellow revolutionary who took office in February after having spent time in prison following a failed 1992 military coup. Acting as starting pitcher, Chavez walked two batters and gave up three runs in the first inning; he finished the game at first base. A former ball player, Castro, 73, proved his instincts remain intact on the field, helping his team to a 5-4 victory...
Perl-Matanzo said he plans to go to Puerto Rico later this month to engage in civil disobedience at a military base if President Clinton fails to change U.S. policy...
...graphics and more intricate games were going to be available on CD-ROM for use on home computers, leaving the tiny images on Game Boy in the dust. "When I finished Pokemon," says Tajiri, "I thought Nintendo would reject it. I was like a baseball player sliding into second base knowing he's going to be out. But somehow, I was safe...
...looks as if PRESIDENT CLINTON will visit Kosovo later this month, and even though the U.S. military base is built to withstand a Klingon attack, the Secret Service is edgy. A report published last week noted that there are as many murders in Kosovo today as there were in the months prior to the NATO campaign, but now Serbs are the main victims. Kosovo Albanians are purging the province of Serbian culture: license plates are being blacked out, accents dropped, and street signs lengthened to show Albanian pronunciation. A U.N. worker was shot three hours after arriving in Pristina last...