Word: filled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wanted to believe: that he could conscientiously propose a big tax cut while preserving his hard-won reputation as a deficit hawk. Eventually he satisfied himself that he could cut federal spending enough to offset his tax cuts and balance the budget, even though he never managed to fill in all the numbers. His national campaign chairman, Donald Rumsfeld, scoffs that it is "absolutely ridiculous" to think Dole should "have to track every nickel down," though a skeptical public seems to demand just that...
...John, Paul and George were really three soloists working within the Beatles franchise, and within the sealed universe of the Abbey Road studio. In Circus, the Stones reached across that universe and invited others to join in--not just rockers but the fire eater and geezer trapeze artistes who fill out the bill. The Beatles were isolates; the Stones, this concert film argues, were family...
Cummins has brought a conservative bent to the race to fill the seat of Ray Thornton, who's leaving for the state Supreme Court. Denouncing Vic Snyder's attempts to abolish the state's anti-sodomy law, Cummins praises the recently passed Defense of Marriage Act and expresses outrage that Snyder may have gays campaigning for him. Cummins once said he and Snyder weren't far apart on issues like Medicare, the environment and Social Security, but later declared he knows of no race "with a bigger difference between a liberal and a conservative...
...race to fill the seat of fellow Democrat Ray Thornton, Snyder has been called to question on his attempts to repeal Arkansas's anti-sodomy law. Countering that this is just his conservative opponent's attempt to derail his campaign, he contends that gay rights are not a major plank in his platform, instead emphasizing a balanced budget, campaign-finance reform and environmental protection. In a Little Rock district with a substantial working-class and African-American constituency, he also vows to protect education and Medicare...
...sports season, like the stock market, is very cyclical. Early November corresponds to a bear market. With the thrill of the World Series fading as the days pass by, the sports nut (along with a proliferation of 24 hour sports cable networks) must search for something to fill the void. Unfortunately, the pickins' are slim...