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...party's strict antiabortion platform plank but also a ban on partial-birth abortions. That pro-choice stance has made her anathema to party conservatives and puts her beyond Dole's reach. Not that she was a shoo-in to be a heartbeat away. Dole may have taken a dim view of Whitman's short political resume, which before her term as Governor amounted to stints as a county commissioner and on the state utility board...
...songs, like "Fairy Princess" and "Wishing The Day Away," explore Fitzpatrick's habit of using fantasies to escape the melancholic moments in life. While singing these tunes, the lights dim and Fitzpatrick appears to be transported to a magical place where life's obstacles are forgotten, and she carries the audience and their problems with her. As an added bonus, Fitzpatrick complements the lyrics on "Wishing" with breathy non-verbal vocals that add an extra dimension to the illusion and broadens Fitzpatrick's appeal...
...candidates whose being is defined, whose views are shaped and whose success is measured by their ability to win votes. Clinton, who has been campaigning ceaselessly since junior high school, approaches politics as an obsessive host, something for this group, something for that set, an endless round of dim sum. Bob Dole, master of the Senate floor, is a tireless vote hound as well. When Dole says of legislation, as he always does, that he wants to "see how it looks" on the Senate floor, he isn't talking about the shape of a specific bill as much...
...thinkers who preceded him, and we stand on Newton's, plus his successors'. Because of them, we can map the human genome system and fling spacecraft past Jupiter. We are much too busy and progressive, thank you, for the magic charms and potions and amulets that so bedazzled our dim ancestors. We clasp at this faith and manage to hold on in spite of the myriad irrationalities of daily life. But every so often some public event gives our congratulatory self-image a sharp blow to the chops...
Does the defeat dim his Olympic prospects? Only slightly. The Kenyans, who held four of the world records Gebrselassie broke, know what they're up against. "On the track he is tough," said Tergat. "He is the man to beat in Atlanta...