Word: gridlocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...times .Americans are "working harder and making less"--4 times ."Hunky-dory"--Only once ."Character"--5 times, ."Tax"--18 times ."Tax and spend"--3 times, for a total of 7 ."Trust"--3 times ."Experience"--Twice, but no `Who do you trust' ."90/90 hind-sight"--Once ."Budget deficit"--Five times ."Gridlock"--Twice ."Servant of the people"--Twice, for a total of four times ."Electronic town hall"--Only once ."The White House is a bully pulpit"--Only once, for a grand total of four times ."It's pretty simple"--Twice ."Froot-Loopy"--Once, mercifully A Few of our Favorite Quotes...
...always energizes politics and boosts stories to the front page or the opening of the newscast. Says a Washington Post reporter: "God, I hope Bush doesn't get re-elected. It'll be so boring: no fresh ideas, the same old people running the show and more Capitol Hill gridlock. A Clinton Administration would be a much better story." In all likelihood, four years from now the same reporters will turn on Clinton with the same jaded ferocity...
Alas, perhaps due to a lack of anti-incumbentzeal, or a prevailing feeling among voters thatthere actually is no "gridlock" in councilpolitics--or maybe because the council didn'tcount their votes--neither Perot nor Schmeltzerwon seats on the council...
...other candidate, Marc McKay, is the Perot of the U.C. election. He dropped out of the council last year, and now says he did it because of "gridlock." However, he offers no substantial plans or ideas for the council's improvement...
...anxiety. In solving old problems, we often create new ones in their place. Improvements in life expectancy make possible an aging population that puts a growing strain on the health-care system. Private cars give us unprecedented mobility but swell the volume of traffic to the point of gridlock. In the course of enjoying the delights of consumption, we generate so much garbage that we are running out of places to dump...