Word: coverly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years: "Justice Department Sues Big Tobacco." Claiming that tobacco companies conspired to conceal the risks of cigarette smoking from the public and thus engaged in consumer fraud, federal lawyers will invoke the federal civil racketeering statute and ask for $25 billion to recoup taxpayer dollars spent to cover smoking-related health-care costs for veterans, military personnel, federal employees and the elderly through Medicare payments. Although under the law an award could be triple that if the feds can get a jury to see things their way, even $75 billion seems suspiciously like small potatoes compared to the $240 billion...
Along the sidelines, Jones made a heads-up block on his cover man that allowed Wilford to cut back up the field for a 41-yard run to the Columbia...
...programs over, under or around the caps. The census, which under the Constitution has occurred every 10 years since 1790, has been classified for 2000 as an emergency, along with at least $25 billion in other programs, because the 1997 caps exempted emergency spending. That exemption was supposed to cover things like floods and hurricanes, but floods of red ink and bad press apparently count...
...nation obsessed with forcing our parents out of their homes and into nursing homes or alternatives, when the greatest comfort and peace of mind can be had at home, at a lower cost, with in-home caregivers? One option is a government reverse mortgage to cover costs. Most seniors desire to live and die in their homes. RICHARD SUTTON Palatine...
...think the humiliation suffered by the newly elected President Clinton over his attempt to convert the military?s gay-unfriendly stance would have Democratic presidential hopefuls running for cover. But don?t tell that to Bill Bradley ? the former senator is courting the increasingly powerful gay and lesbian vote by drawing a very firm line in the sand. In the upcoming issue of the Advocate, Bradley tells the gay and lesbian magazine that he believes the armed forces should accept the presence of openly gay soldiers. In an interview in a previous Advocate, Bradley's archrival, Al Gore, declared only...