Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shrewsbury, Missouri, an undecided voter in a bellwether town in the ultimate swing state. She is not just an archetype; she's a revelation, a spirited wreck of political contradiction. She's an unmarried mom who thinks the country is on the wrong track because the family unit has broken down. She drives a gas-guzzling station wagon because it's safe but worries so much about the environment that she collects cans at work to recycle at home and uses the same plastic-foam Diet Pepsi cup for a week. She doesn't believe in God, but believes...
...Kabul's Malali High School for girls, the windows are broken, the desks are cracked, and posters on the wall warn of the dangers of land mines and unexploded bombs. But until last week, 500 girls still managed to study science, history, math and French in those crumbling classrooms despite a 4 1/2-year civil war raging around them. No longer. The war is just about over, and Kabul's new rulers, the Taliban, have firm notions about the peace: it will be piously, even pitilessly, Muslim. In that scheme there's no place for young women learning French...
...addition to the threat of becoming complacent, the Crimson has to worry about the loss of sophomore Brynne Zuccaro, who suffered a broken foot in Tuesday's practice...
...natural world need not be broken up by national boundaries, critically acclaimed author Maxine Hong Kingston told a full house in Science Center C yesterday evening...
...either main candidate really wants to talk about campaign finance reform, considering how much each has benefited from contributions." In order to receive matching funds from the federal government, the candidates agreed to limit spending during the primary campaign to $37.1 million. But Common Cause says each camp has broken the rules, using corporate donations that are not subject to contribution limits, to finance presidential ad campaigns. Ann McBride, president of Common Cause, reports that beginning in 1995, the Democratic National Committee spent $34 million on advertising coordinated by the Clinton campaign. From the beginning of 1996, McBride contends...