Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Huang had played a "critical" role in the Clinton Administration. Secret Service logs leaked last week showed that besides raising more than $4 million for the Democratic Party from Asian Americans this year, he was a frequent visitor to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. What the records didn't explain is just what Huang was doing during all those visits. Could he have been seeking political favors for big contributors, particularly those with ties to Indonesia, the home of the multibillion-dollar Lippo Group financial conglomerate that was once Huang's employer? Was Huang a rogue fund raiser? Or was he acting...
When a young team loses the second game of the season, it is easy to resort to cliches and explain away the defeat as a "learning experience," and to see fisticuffs as a mark of frustration...
...Harvard, the significance of this episode transcends the particular negative findings concerning the novelty-seeking gene. Dr. Anil K. Malhotra and his co-author on the recent report, Dr. David Goldman, are quoted as emphasizing that, "far from being social constructionists who question the ability of genetics to explain the tangles and contingencies of human nature," they consider psychiatric or behavioral genetics the key to unlocking the human essence. In the words of Dr. Malhotra, in reference to the burgeoning field of behavioral genetics: "It's the future. It leads to everything else...
...conservative Republican with a populist campaign, Adametz is for limited government, lower taxes, returning control of education to the states and restoring the traditional American family. He is a former printer, which helps explain his colorful campaign literature: "Three things that can always be found in my refrigerator...chocolate milk, carrots and barbecue sauce." Them's fightin' words...
Since his election, Boucher has defeated three G.O.P. challengers with ease. In 1994, when Republicans stormed the rest of the House, he still won with an impressive 59% of the vote. Boucher supports Head Start, Medicare and Medicaid, but--and this could explain his ability to defeat Republicans--opposes gun control and punitive tobacco legislation. Not considered "one of the boys" in his rural district, he nevertheless has his Hill colleagues' respect for his expertise on--and connections to--the telecommunications industry...