Word: bushed
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...building a guerrilla force among the exiles that eventually joined the Tanzanian army to oust the homicidal Amin in 1979. When Museveni ran for President in 1980, he was humiliated in an election he claims was fraudulent, which put the ruthless Obote back in charge. Museveni took to the bush...
...traditional welfare programs have failed so badly that any new option looks attractive. Texas was the state quickest to take up the possibilities offered by charitable choice. Last December, Governor George W. Bush directed state agencies to include religious institutions in the operation of their programs. In June, Bush signed legislation clearing the way for religious organizations to provide government-funded drug treatment, day care and faith-based prison ministries. Texas is the only state to allow a private Christian group, Watergate figure Charles ("Chuck") Colson's Prison Fellowship, to operate a voluntary prison-prerelease program. Bush also proposed privatizing...
...felt immediately," says Phil Strickland, director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, the Southern Baptists' statewide public policy arm. "It will be like a cancer that grows in the body of the church until the health of the church is compromised." At the same time Governor Bush is encouraging Texas churches to participate in government human-services programs, Strickland is at work on a statewide mailing urging them to think twice before taking on social services. "This is going to be a huge temptation for churches," says Strickland. "But we're going to be raising the warning signals...
...Spinner of Galaxies, Digger of Black Holes is available, for a suitable "love offering," to relieve the itch of hemorrhoids and help you prevail in office intrigues! At least the ancient Hebrews had the good sense to make Yahweh unnameable and unseeable except in the flames of a burning bush--a permanent Mystery...
Texas voters over the weekend overwhelmingly added an invaluable $1 billion tax cut to George W. Bush's resume, giving the Lone Star governor a credential that will glisten on a national stage if he chooses to seek the 2000 Republican presidential nomination. The message? When George W. Bush says "No new taxes," he means it. If only his father could have kept such promises...