Word: contends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anyone who steps into the political arena has to expect a certain amount of ribbing for his policies and bloopers. Dan Quayle will forevermore be known for his potato problems, President Bush has to contend with announcing Pearl Harbor Day on September 7th and Bill Clinton will always be dogged by his bevy of beauties. Politics and peccadilloes are all subject to ridicule, and we all enjoy the spectacle...
...think that the Republican mandate will self-destruct and allow him to keep pushing his old agenda. But reality intruded last week, when the President was reminded that he will not be so lucky as to face only the flat-earth Helmsians of the G.O.P., but also must contend with centrist hard bargainers like Senate Republican leader Bob Dole. When the Senate Republican leader wanted to make Administration officials jump, he merely had to fire off a few faxes. Sent while the President was vacationing in Hawaii, the faxes amounted to ransom notes, lists of demands...
...plots its Capitol Hill revolution,the opposition it must contend with is taking shape: South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle today claimed enough votes to prevail in his bid to become Senate minority leader over hopeful Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Daschle said a commitment by Alabama Sen. Howell Heflin gave him the 24th vote needed from a total of 47 Democrats when the vote is tallied Friday. Dodd refused to concede. "We're absolutely in the race," said his spokesman. The impact of a Daschle victory is unclear: Both are centrists, although Dodd has, historically, been more outspoken.In the House...
...maybe, as its detractors contend, TT is a form of New Age mumbo jumbo, a no-touch laying on of hands that has no legitimate place in medicine. Leading the attack is Rocky Mountain Skeptics, a group of scientists and other professionals based in Boulder, Colorado, who investigate what they call "pseudo science." Its president, computer specialist Bela Scheiber, charges that TT is "paranormal and religious activity masquerading as science...
With a household income of about $27,000 a year, including both Marie's factory wages and John's pension as a janitor, the Krafts contend they are too poor to fight the lawsuit. And they continue to deny the bigotry charge. "I work with a mixture of everything, and we get along fine," says Marie. In fact, since January 1993 the Krafts have filed 12 police complaints against the Ramoses, charging them with various acts of harassment and intimidation, but police dismissed the complaints...