Word: fasts
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Expressing his disappointment that such allegedly incorrect beliefs had defeated a fast-track trade authority bill in Congress, Daley announced the Commerce Department's plans to educate the American public about the advantages of free trade...
Perhaps we work too hard and too much, drink too fast, and sometimes our coffee tastes terrible, but we have something worth having that few other nations have. We can be proud that a group of backpackers of different ethnicities traveling together can all be called Americans, and that our cities and schools boast countless cultures. I'm not sure if I would trade that for anything, accompanying conflicts and all--even for lots of red wine. I only hope we can preserve our diversity in something more than our names...
John Ellis, a columnist of the Boston Globe,disagreed. Ellis, who forecasted a fast end to theClinton presidency in his Globe column, said"public opinion doesn't matter." The issue issolely legal, he added...
...seen near the starting gate with headphones on, and some dance music by Jamiroquai piping into her nervous system, her limbs swinging through a warmup. While she admits that a few things in life do scare her--including the dark, which she fends off with a night-light--going fast is rarely one of them. "There's no room for fear with speed," she says. "They don't coincide...
When MATTHEW MARTINEZ (D., Calif.), an affable ex-Marine who represents a swath of suburban Los Angeles, attended the White House luncheon for Mexican President ERNESTO ZEDILLO last November, he had something that President Clinton wanted: a potential vote for the fast-track trade bill. And Clinton had something Martinez wanted: power to approve the $1.4 billion Long Beach freeway extension, blocked by environmentalists and historic preservationists for two decades. When a Clinton lobbyist approached him, Martinez was ready: "Why should I vote for fast track when it's like pulling teeth to get anything from [the President]?" Martinez recalls...