Word: caps
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leave him no other choice. As he did in 2000, Bush is forgoing matching funds, freeing himself to spend the record $200 million he hopes to raise for the primaries--in which he is unopposed--to beat up on the Democratic nominee. Any Democrat who accepts matching funds must cap his spending at $45 million, leaving the candidate broke and defenseless from mid-March until the party conventions in late summer, when both nominees will collect roughly $75 million in public financing for the general election...
...field. About two miles west of Camp 4 is El Capitan, the majestic 3,000-ft. cliff face that is America's most famous climbing spot. On a busy day in the high season, there can be as many as 50 climbers on the face of El Cap, and each one is dragging up a considerable amount of equipment, trash and human waste. "On big walls, people get very intense after a few days up there--they feel more at risk, and ethics tend to go out the window," says Lincoln Else, Yosemite's sole climbing ranger. He regularly finds...
...course, taste-test. While some foodies are getting their fill, others are purchasing the high-end treat and wearing it on their face. La Prairie's fall makeup line, Skin Caviar Concealer and Foundation ($150), is this season's self-indulgent must have. The concealer sits hidden in the cap of the foundation jar, and the attached mini-brush ensures smooth application. La Prairie also carries a Skin Caviar Luxe Cream ($300 for a 1.7-oz. jar or $550 for 3.4 oz.). Meanwhile, Chicago's Four Seasons hotel is offering a caviar facial treatment at its in-house spa. Guests...
...years in international competition, the elegant track queen has racked up 28 World and Olympic medals, more than any other woman. But even she has her eye on next year: though a medal in Paris would be great, one in Athens would be even better - the ultimate cap to a glittering career...
...skateboard set is less their own than the imperative of the one sector of Japan's lackluster economy that's still spending: the nation's youngsters. "Like it or not, we are defined by our youth culture," says Mihara, himself sporting a Grateful Dead T shirt and a baseball cap emblazoned with the word kooky...