Word: belt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Romalis fashioned his bathrobe belt into a tourniquet that kept him from bleeding to death. But his peaceful life has been shattered. His wife shivers when she walks into the kitchen, where the new curtains are always drawn. His family drives to and from their house a different way each day as part of a strict security regimen. Romalis, completing his physical rehabilitation, admits that he does not know if he will have the courage to perform another abortion...
...recommended technique is to launch thebutter with a belt or cloth napkin. On specialdinner days, helium balloons work as well. "I sawsome guys do it," say one enthusiastic first-year."They weighted the balloon, and put butter on thetop...
...will fight to preserve American workers' standard of living. He promises to protect American borders against illegal immigration. Buchanan is so hard right that he is staking out a position on that nether region of the political map where right and left meet. Sometimes he sounds like a Rust Belt, union Democrat. "The [real] income of American workers has gone down 20% in 20 years. Now that is an outrage, especially when there are many Americans who made out like bandits at the same time,'' he bellowed into a radio-station mike last January...
...goal: to survive until the fall without a major crisis and with a few successful vetoes under his belt. By then, Clinton's advisers hope, he will have established himself again as a plausible contender for his own title. But two developments could seriously imperil Clinton's chances before he gets even that far. The first is scandal: the combined spectacle of several top Administration officials under investigation by independent counsels as well as Clinton's Whitewater troubles. The second is a rebellion from within his own party. The President's political advisers have been scanning the horizon since November...
Also sweeping the Bible Belt is the crusade for the "truth" in the Paula Jones scandal. Conservative Christians have rallied to support Jones and her accusations against the President, and their moral indignation has been expressed in financial contributions to her legal fund. This money funds the manufacture of yet more hysterical rumors and ridiculous allegations...