Word: doorstep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stand at the doorstep of a new millennium," intones Senator J. Billington Bulworth. Sound a little like that Bridge to the 21st Century? Yes, but unlike President Clinton, Bulworth throws out this bromide in favor of brutal candor...
Dumas, if eventually found guilty, will have been brought down by his two lifelong passions: money and women. The trail that led investigators to his doorstep began with a femme fatale, Christine Deviers-Joncour, 51, a sultry, high-living brunet who sluiced millions out of Elf's coffers to buy a palatial Paris apartment, designer clothes, fancy restaurant meals, exotic vacations--and a $2,000 pair of handmade boots for her protector Roland Dumas. Whether Deviers-Joncour and Elf were also the source of the millions of dollars that Dumas deposited in his personal bank accounts from...
Blame for Africa's ills has in the past been wrongly laid at the doorstep of foreigners. We have come to accept, however, that our choices of the wrong political and economic models following independence from the colonial powers have been the cause of most of our present misery. The economic and political reforms under way in many of our countries will at long last translate into more freedom and higher living standards for us. In Kenya and other African countries, reforms are being implemented that will result in privatization of state enterprises, more efficient public-service structures, a concerted...
...Illinois state legislature that would curb services that sell liquor through the Internet. Says Rep. Angelo Saviano: "Many kids as young as 16 have debit cards with their checking accounts...Children are able to order alcohol through the Internet or a catalog and it's delivered right to their doorstep." To prevent this horrible crime, the bill would require consumers to prove they are at least 21 before receiving the alcohol...
First, out of neighborly devotion. With air travel, e-mail and global markets, Europe is at America's doorstep. Second, for America's own economic protection. While America turns a blind eye, Europe is gathering strength. Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Helmut Kohl and the other European leaders are not waiting for America's balance to tip toward Europe but are shaping their own future. And 11 of the 15 European Union countries have qualified to participate in the new common currency of the European Union, the Euro, which will become the currency of Europe next...