Word: buds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year's address, delivered amid a series of government shutdowns, which immediately turned the tables on Congressional Republicans. Clinton's declaration then that "the era of big government is over" became his most memorable line, while then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole effectively nipped his own campaign in the bud with his infamous "Darth Vader" response. But the President also is striving to avoid a repeat of his second Inaugural, which was received by both press and public with a chorus of indifferent grunts. "This is a very different kind of speech," notes McAllister. "It has been said that...
...team. "You need a broader base than an individual family to carry you through the storms. Groups or corporations are probably the way of the future." O'Malley also felt alienated by the politics of baseball; he thinks the commissioner should be an outsider and not Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig, who has presided over the game during disastrous labor relations...
...ranking on the women's tour. She speaks German, English and Czech, and displays a talent for theater, striking just the right pose when a shot or call does not go her way. "I have just seen the future of women's tennis," gushed noted tennis commentator Bud Collins after her victory in a U.S. Open quarter-final, "and it is thrilling...
...contrast, guilt nipped my fun right in the bud. Yes, I went on to disobey my mother, but only so much. I felt O.K. in doing so because on most other fronts, I went along with her. Thou Shalt Not Smoke Pot is not the 11th Commandment, I rationalized. Armed with that perspective and the sound of my mother's voice in my head, I could tinker with the rules and push the boundaries without being afraid I would cross them. So, Mom, it was your fault after...
...graders, Russell and Jared. As a bonus, Matt drives his young clients to a Chicago head shop, where they spend $50 on an elaborate porcelain hookah shaped like a mushroom. Afterward they stop at Matt's place, where everyone repairs to the garage for a few bongfuls of "excellent bud" before heading home for dinner...