Word: bottomed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, who went to his friend Bill just when the deal seemed done to make a strong pitch for Richard Holbrooke, the ambitious architect of the Dayton accords. Clinton didn't care that Holbrooke would break a lot of careers and egos over at Foggy Bottom, but he knew that Lake and Holbrooke despised each other and would be constantly sniping. Meanwhile, women's groups, incensed at a remark leaked by a White House aide relegating Albright to the "second tier," met twice with Gore to remind him and his boss how much they owed...
Mayor Carollo insists his constituents are not ready to give up on the city. He vows to "rebuild Miami from top to bottom" and says technical support from the state in areas like budgets and capital planning will make a real difference. But the first step is for the city to develop a workable plan for getting expenditures and revenues in balance, and that has not happened yet. What may save Miami in the short run is not so much Carollo's drive for reform but old-fashioned ethnic politics. Latinos have a lock on Miami government; four...
...first things they looked for was water. Though moisture elsewhere on the moon would sizzle away under the unfiltered sun, the poles are different. Since the inclination of the moon is nearly upright, sunlight strikes it obliquely, plunging polar craters into darkness. Any water at the bottom of such depressions would flash-freeze at temperatures reaching -387[degrees...
...bottom line is that we still have a long way to go," Hill told a group of nearly 300 Harvard Law School students. "My vision of equality probably won't be achieved in my lifetime, but that doesn't stop me from presenting the issues...
...government didn't listen, we took matters into our own hands. Although the turnout was light, the politicians can read between the lines. You see, we've hired a lame-duck President and a Republican Congress, each of which is unwilling and unable to work with the other. The bottom line is a government that we "put out of the way, thank you!" At last we can expect what we want from the Federal Government: nothing! Well done, folks! I guess if we want something done right, we have to do it ourselves. TONY COST Elko, Nevada...