Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What the demonstrations did make clear was the extent to which President Clinton's own hands are tied domestically. Following on the heels of the nuclear test ban treaty debacle, the WTO failure may usher in an open season on the lame duck President's foreign policy. Clinton's defeat in Seattle will certainly embolden those congressional forces that had vowed to turn down the President's deal with China over WTO membership, putting at least a question mark over its passage in an election year. But what's bad for Bill Clinton may not be altogether...
Once the Crimson reached even strength, it was clear that Harvard was in the driver's seat poised for its first victory since Cornell...
...blindingly inspiring. When we start talking about controversial policies regarding gay rights or rape or the distribution of wealth, feelings run so high that rational acknowledgment of the opposition can seem insensitive--almost degrading to the issues at hand. But the very severity of these issues demands that we clear the sparkles from our eyes for long enough to treat them more thoroughly and even-handedly than this emotionalism allows...
...south pole, and still there is no word. The possibilities: The craft could have gone into a protective sleep mode after impact, and has so far missed its window of opportunity for transmission back to Earth. It's also conceivable that the probe landed on its side, making a clear transmission path even more difficult. The possibility that NASA doesn't want to think about yet is that the craft didn't survive the landing, perhaps burning up in the atmosphere or breaking up upon impact...
...free to do the same, and given Gore's history of, well, exaggeration - inventor of the Internet, the inspiration for "Love Story," the savior of the Love Canal - Gore should make sure he doesn't provide the former basketball star with too much ammunition. "Bradley has made it clear all along," says Tumulty, "that one of the things he learned in the NBA is when to throw an elbow...