Word: count
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that we all claim to go to school in Boston, very few of us head across the Charles River and actually go to the city. And no, a trip to the airport to escape this God-forsaken area of the country in the middle of winter doesn't count...
...supermarket tabloids don't usually pay much attention to politics--they have their hands full chronicling Sharon Stone's love life and following Madonna around with a camera--but when they do, they make it count. In 1987 the National Enquirer printed a photo of Donna Rice sitting on Gary Hart's lap, creating the most infamous visual epitaph for his crashed political career. Four years ago, the Star ran a story on Gennifer Flowers' alleged affair with Bill Clinton, throwing a major scare into his campaign just before the New Hampshire primary. And last week it was the Star...
...last explanation for the Clinton mystery. Is this the luckiest guy around, or what? Count on that becoming a theme if Clinton wins. He wins the presidency with a minority of the vote, he loses Congress for his party and it ends up helping him, the opposition party accidentally gives its nomination to a hopeless candidate: these are just the latest lucky breaks for a politician who fortuitously, as a teenager, had his picture taken with President John Kennedy. No wonder he still believes in a place called Hope...
...program passed, barely, and worked. The deficit fell more than Clinton ever dared hope--almost 60%, from $290 billion in fiscal 1992 to an expected $116 billion this fiscal year. Unemployment dropped from 7% at the start of Clinton's term to 5.4% at latest count. The President pledged during the 1992 campaign to create 8 million new jobs; the actual total is more than 10 million. Inflation has stayed under 3% for four straight years, the longest period of stability in three decades...
...served as a reminder of his remarkable ability to bounce back from near-death experiences--both physical and political. The photo session put to rest questions about his whereabouts, although the true condition of the President's precarious health remains a state secret. And it warned rivals not to count him out, even as it deepened confusion about his long-term ability to rule Russia...