Word: clintonians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jeffrey had written that the junior high school program in question contained "no evidence of balance or objectivity. The Nazi point of view, however unpopular, is still a point of view and is not presented, nor is that of the Ku Klux Klan." Moving quickly to avoid a prolonged, Clintonian embarrassment, Gingrich fired the professor the same day the evaluation came to light, though an assistant of Jeffrey's claimed the Speaker had known about her views on the program before he hired...
...beyond the borders of that former Soviet satellite state. How we deal with the crisis in Algeria sets an important precedent for our dealings with political Islam throughout the Middle East. More generally, our policy sets the tone for our stance on democratization--officially one of the pillars of Clintonian diplomacy--the world over...
...provide "universal coverage," according to Representative Jim Cooper. Instead, Clinton used the phrase "full coverage." Cooper and other lawmakers have been arguing that "full coverage" is like "full employment" -- it doesn't mean 100%; it means roughly 95%. Some members of Congress feel that with this latest very Clintonian semantic shift, the President may be giving himself room to compromise...
...spin far beyond his -- or anyone else's -- control. Worse yet, Greenspan, probably one of the most political of the political appointees in the job, now finds himself under assault -- and not just because some have blamed him for the markets' recent bungee jumping. Ironically, it is his almost Clintonian sense of dealmaking and compromise, often for the purpose of protecting his turf, that helps explain why so many people lately have been second-guessing the Republican appointee...
...Clintonian 1990s, the President and his wife aren't the only Washington couple whose careers are brilliantly synergistic. Here's a list of some of the others, ranked by their GorbScore, a rating from 1 to 10 derived from a formula that measures the couple's influence and charm, using as a benchmark the models of modern power partnership, Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev...