Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton's foreign challenges are both dangerous and long-term. He may be able to fix his famous laserlike concentration on them now, but the longer he has to spend his time defending his integrity, the less focus and authority he will keep. He was already having trouble abroad because, with the cold war over, even old allies have other fish to fry. Netanyahu refuses to be persuaded. Canada wants to do business with Cuba. France and Russia are rushing to invest in Iran. Government leaders in Malaysia and Singapore proclaim the superiority of "Asian values." Now the entropy...
...investment portfolio of the trust fund and an increase in the retirement age could shore the system up for the next 75 years. Proponents ask why we should radically reform a program that has been so effective for so long. Opponents say that "tinkering" will not be a permanent fix and that there may be a cheaper way to get greater benefits...
Kotlikoff said that President Clinton's controversial statement that the budget surplus should go to Social Security is only a quick fix...
...currently enables large and corrupting donations to funnel into national parties. Clinton also announced that he will ask the Federal Communications Commission to provide free or reduced-cost television time for candidates who voluntarily observe spending limits. These relatively modest proposals are the least that Congress can do to fix our broken campaign finance system...
...FISSURE FIX Relief is reported for the painful skin tears known as anal fissures. Injecting the area with a tiny amount of botulinum toxin--yes, the stuff that causes botulism--seems to allow the sphincter to relax. That creates more blood flow--and helps the fissure heal...