Word: gores
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...comes the new tax hidden in long-distance bills. Not surprisingly, the proposal originated in the office of Vice President Al Gore '69. Last fall, Gore put the Clinton administration behind the tax, whose revenue will subsidize Internet access for public schools and libraries. Yet, the administration soon learned that the tax, which would raise about $10 billion over four years, had little support on Capitol Hill...
Russian-U.S. agreements, Primakov assured a group of reporters, "do not depend on personalities." It is exactly what one of his famous predecessors, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, used to say. But of course personalities do matter, and Vice President Al Gore had spent four years cultivating friendly working relations with Chernomyrdin in a bilateral Russian-U.S. government commission. Gore believed he was investing in a future in which both of them might be President...
...owners." Not that Clinton's order came as much of a surprise: A temporary ban on "cosmetically modified" assault weapons was first instigated last November, pending Treasury Department review. And that in itself was little more than an extension of the 1994 Crime Bill ban, from which Clinton and Gore have gotten a lot of mileage. But it's not all bad news for semiautomatic addicts -- the .308-caliber Vepr, a modified AK-47, made it through review to remain perfectly legal...
...some lawyers in the case speculate, Landow was attempting to keep Willey quiet by wooing her, the old messages might serve as convenient cover. White House aides protest loudly that Landow is the last man they would enlist as a presidential cutout. Though an old supporter of Vice President Gore, Landow was a latecomer to the 1992 Clinton campaign, after backing Democratic rivals. He is also not known for having a soft touch, which is, for those who suspect the worst, exactly why he might make a good go-between...
AMUSED: "At one point...Gore looked at Thernstrom and quipped, 'You can ask a "yes or no" question.' Clinton laughed so hard his face turned red." --Baltimore...