Word: ducked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stuck in the mire of the Lewinsky matter. Germany's Helmut Kohl is facing a September election he may not survive. Japan's Ryutaro Hashimoto is struggling to keep his government and his country's economy from collapsing. Boris Yeltsin is in poor health and is a political lame duck...
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...just returned from three days at Animal Kingdom. We'd heard of animal deaths and were concerned. What we found was a group of people dedicated to the preservation and protection of animals. On one of our safaris, a duck ran in front of our tram. The guide immediately stopped and enlisted everyone's help in ensuring that the duck had safely crossed before we moved on. In conversations with the folks at the Conservation Station, which provides information on wildlife and rain forests, it became very apparent to us how important these animals are to the staff. Great...
...President, what is being a lame duck if not a near-death experience? Why can't he offend the power players? He doesn't need them anymore--unless he's planning to build a really, really big presidential library. He should be going after the producers of drivel, the teachers unions who protect the status quo, the fat cats to whom he apologized for raising taxes. Instead, how about criticizing them for their wretched excess--$1,000 bottles of wine, $250 cigars, Versailles-like mansions? Or reversing the appalling gap between their income and those who haven...
...diners, and she agrees that there are opportunities on the menu for healthy eating but stresses that nutrition isn't her only concern. "We don't shy away from fat," she maintains, and I realize I may have inadvertently questioned her creative integrity. "We use butter, we use cream, duck...