Word: gore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton's final health-care meetings took place in five two-hour sessions two weeks ago. Some aides were surprised at the lineup: attending were Clinton, his wife, Vice President Al Gore, his wife Tipper, most of the Cabinet, their top aides and leading White House advisers. The first day didn't go well: Clinton's conclusions leaked almost in their entirety to the press. For the next four days Clinton sat quietly, listening to his aides argue, taking notes and deciding later behind closed doors. He backed away from a plan to tax alcohol and opted instead...
...Gore vs. Inefficiency...
Referring to the U.S. government as a "quill pen in the age of WordPerfect," Vice President Al Gore unveiled a plan with more than 800 recommendations on how to restructure it -- and theoretically save $108 billion over the next five years. Gore appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to soft-sell the scheme, at one point ridiculing the arthritic federal bureaucracy by strapping on safety goggles to smash a government-approved ashtray in the officially sanctioned...
Even as Vice President Gore touted a new cost consciousness, President Clinton authorized $335,800 in retroactive pay increases for political appointees. This week the General Accounting Office concluded the raises were "proper." However, a draft of the GAO report, obtained by TIME, had misgivings -- before the final edit...
...face of Gore and 5,089 other sophomores, juniors and seniors who register at Memorial Hall today will be used to make new computerized identification cards. There are 4,888 continuing students and 202 students returning from time off, according to Associate Registrar Thurston A. Smith...