Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...polite but as brief as he could manage it. Somehow, he didn't seem the angry threatening kind of person. If we ranked [all of the suitemates], he wasn't the one we dislike the most. He was neutral, just a big mystery," McIntosh says...
After offering a brief synopsis of his book, Sandel initiated a discussion with the other panel members...
...McGovern of South Dakota. His angry and emotional breakdown in New Hampshire, railing against a story critical of his wife, may have cost him the nomination. As a Senator from 1959 to 1980, Muskie pushed for laws to protect the environment, earning him the nickname "Mr. Clean". After a brief stint as President Carter's Secretary of State in 1980, Muskie retired from public life to join the law firm of Chadbourne and Parke. he would have been 82 on Thursday...
Well, if you have to ask, it's because the rich are back to being different. Following a brief, unsatisfying fling with modesty in the early 1990s, they've renewed their lust for luxe and are making upscale stores the brightest spot on the dowdy U.S. retail scene...
WASHINGTON: President Clinton and Congressional leaders met for an hour today to discuss ways to balance the federal budget, but both sides walked away from the meeting dissatisfied with their progress. Officials at the White House are saying that there is a brief "window of opportunity" for progress before the fall campaign. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he believed the window extended up to the parties' conventions in August. At the meeting, each side laid out their budgetary priorities. Clinton and the Republicans disagree over the size of proposed tax and spending cuts. This meeting comes one day after Clinton...