Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...turnout between 1992 and 1996 fell, from 60% to 54%, a number some suspect will slide even further this year. Gore needs black turnout to be at least in the 50s, and he may have to do much of the work himself, since many blacks live in districts with Congressmen who face no opposition and are thus apt to let their political machines sleep. Such clashes are quadrennial, with blacks typically arguing that white candidates need to pay more attention to their communities. But in a race this tight, too many black no-shows on Election Day could prove costly...
...then, an actor's life is by definition unfair. In some walks of life, there are fewer qualified people than positions to fill (congressmen, for example, and film critics). But the ratio of good actors to good jobs has to be 100:1. They train harder than surgeons but have to take jobs as butchers. Any work is tough to find. So now, instead of waiting for a break, they are just as stubbornly waiting out the strike...
...been doing his part - appearing in TV spots and signing newspaper ads in an attempt to quell public anxiety about the company's popular Explorer SUV and, more particularly, its disintegration-prone Firestone tires. But as he and other Ford officials appear in Washington for grilling by senators and congressmen, it's becoming clear that his efforts may be too little, too late. Perhaps hindered by the difficulties of working with another company, Ford has failed to practice the business-school paradigm established by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson when it dealt with the '80s Tylenol scare...
Besides Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Attorney General Janet Reno, and anti-drug czar Barry McCaffrey, Clinton brought along a gaggle of Congressmen, both Republicans and Democrats, to help bolster support for the program. The most notable is one of the president's chief antagonists on Capitol Hill - Dennis Hastert, the Republican House Speaker. Head of a drug sub-committee, Hastert has been to Colombia half a dozen times and was instrumental in passing the aid package. Clinton probably used the time to do some bonding in advance of doing his bit for Al Gore's campaign by vetoing Republican...
...please," I told the Bell Atlantic operator. (Quick bit of background: Le Bec-Fin is Georges Perrier's legendary hotspot, a Philadelphia institution. Often mentioned in surveys as the best restaurant in America - bar none - it had been booked solid for days, primarily by GOP lobbyists, governors and congressmen...