Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world, proudly proclaim themselves inhabitants of the world's greatest nation. This belief is part of the core of what makes America and Americans truly exceptional. Knowledge of those people and actions that truly make America great and genuinely separate her from other nations is a vital and fast-vanishing component of that belief. All Americans and American institutions have a duty to do their part to maintain and enhance this vital part of our nation's heritage...
...think finding a cheap air fare today is a chore, try lining up a freebie. Last year the airlines awarded 2 trillion new frequent-flyer miles--triple the number handed out a decade ago--yet they haven't expanded the number of available free seats anywhere near that fast. It's no wonder America's 57 million frequent flyers are having a tougher time than ever taking off for nothing...
...billion Teledesic project has lately won some respect. Early this year the venture launched a test satellite--a long way from the total of 288 needed for its massive data-transmission needs. Eventually, however, it will offer download rates as speedy as 64 mbps, some 2,000 times as fast as today's modems...
...people die in caves is by going forward too fast, into wedges that trap them, rivers that drown them and mazes that defeat them until they give up or starve. The journey to what Bill Clinton called the "rock-bottom truth" feels now like a headlong descent, a process no one can control, toward resolutions no one can assure. There are Republicans looking for treasure down here--political power embedded for years to come. And there are Democrats looking for someone to blame. But for the rest of us, there is too little light, too little air, no compass...
That message was not lost on Washington last week, which is why over the weekend a very seasoned, fairly anxious council of Wise Men pushed hard to devise an exit strategy. The ground was shifting so fast under their feet that some thought it might be only a matter of days before the process passes a point of no return. The negotiators included some who just a week ago thought Clinton might yet escape punishment; now their main question was whether any compromise could head off resignation or impeachment...