Word: decays
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...idea had the virtue of directness: using moral issues to blame Clinton for the nation's decay, then offering the tax cut as a positive (and moral) alternative. But Reed and Buckley opposed its timing. They wanted the tax cut announced before the convention. Murphy and Sipple later surmised that Reed thought then--even if he hadn't yet persuaded Dole--that Jack Kemp would be the vice-presidential nominee. The tax cut had to come before the convention to make the choice of a pro-growth supply-sider more logical--and less craven...
...real leader might begin by ending this disingenuous crusade to censor music and the arts. Inadequate education, poor health services, grim housing, scant job opportunities and brutal, racist cops are the cause of urban violence and decay, not rap lyrics. Stop using the arts as a scapegoat...
Even after redistricting, the only newcomer in this race is Democrat Marion Jacob. A 66-year-old retiree, he says the country is "in a state of moral and financial decay" and that something must be done to increase workers' earnings. Jacob also considers campaign reform among his highest priorities: he advocates requiring that all campaign money be raised in the candidate's district, that pacs be abolished and a six-year term limit on House members be imposed...
Ultraconservative Muldoon emphasizes the need to revive religion and stop the "moral decay" of the country. He captured primary voters with his spirited speeches, ridiculing Rick Boucher's high-tech expertise, saying, "the information superhighway is a great thing, but you can't drive on it." Instead, he wants to build roads and infrastructure to lead business into southwest Virginia. His energy seems potent, but Muldoon faces a formidable opponent...
...days passed last year, it was as if some creeping, flesh-eating virus had got hold of the newspaper industry. Nearly every month brought fresh evidence of decay, proof that a major contraction, driven by skyrocketing costs for newsprint, was occurring among papers large and small, famous and obscure. In January the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel announced a merger, destroying about 500 jobs--and creating yet another one-newspaper town. In March the Fort Worth Star-Telegram abandoned its all-day edition. In April the Houston Post walked off the field, leaving its rival, the Chronicle, with...