Word: echo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who feel their abilities and experience are worth more? They can only echo Cottin, the former lobbyist: "When I read the figures on the unemployment rate I'm very troubled, because no one is seeing the real problem in this country. Someone needs to tell Bill Clinton that some of the most talented people in the country aren't working simply because they were born before 1950." Someone should convey the same message to employers who moan about how hard it is to find qualified help in today's tight labor markets...
...they came into the crowds, Chelsea was, perhaps for the first time since her public life began six years ago, on center stage. She smiled with grace. She worked the rope line. She knelt and talked to the children, a bright-eyed American echo of other countries' princesses. No matter what designs lay behind those pictures, what sympathy they were designed to generate, there were some undeniable realities. The night before, she had had to watch her father admit to something hideously painful. It may not have been a surprise to her, but that makes it no less...
...story of betrayed aides' being treated to one-on-one apologies continued to circulate through the weekend and all day Monday. But within the White House there was a strange echo chamber. The more the TV reporters spoke of his private contrition to colleagues, the more bemused aides were rankled about being out of the apology loop--until they called around and found that there was no loop. It was hard to find anyone who had talked to Clinton for more than about 30 seconds, and that time was usually used, pre-emptively, to say, "Mr. President...
...found in "Raspberry Swirl," which features a bouncy rhythm and such energy that one would swear Amos and the entire band were doing aerobics while writing it. Amos also displays her stunning vocal abilities in "Liquid Diamonds" and "Northern Lad," in which her trademark in-tune howls echo well enough to send genuine shivers down anyone's back. The fairly upbeat "She's Your Cocaine" may not be anywhere near as lively as the afore-mentioned "Raspberry Swirl," but, despite its title, it remains one of the more cheerful songs on the album...
...Britain's tabloids are not impressed, however. The Daily Mirror led the chorus slamming the interview, citing everything from the choice of interviewer and setting to Woodward's attire and demeanor as an attempt to echo a famous Princess Diana BBC. More important, is the issue payment for her story. "The issue has assumed a lot more importance here than it would in the U.S.," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. "Reports that her family may have received money for her story have hurt her credibility." The Daily Mail may have more cause than most of its rival tabloids...