Word: guns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...calves were better, and as soon as the gun went off, I knew that it was going to be a good race," Baker said. "My breathing was under control, and I felt very relaxed. I had a good rhythm going that lasted the whole 6.2 miles...
...improve the general quality of life in our fair nation. Every Presidential hopeful has their own plan on how to reform health care, social security and/or public education. Political parties are falling over themselves to provide tax cuts. Politicians everywhere raise outcries over the massacre in Littleton and propose gun-control, tougher crime laws and/or censorship of the overly-violent media as solutions...
...massive contributions and six-figure donations" flowing to George W. Bush. McCain didn't mention Bush's name--and didn't have to. His issues are perfect weapons against Bush, who personifies the money game McCain wants to clean up. Otherwise, the two candidates' positions are similar--each opposes gun control and abortion and styles himself as tolerant and fiscally austere--but McCain is playing the maverick grownup to Bush's Establishment child...
...more intriguing. Metaphysics aside, his story is about a rebellious, frustrated child. Throughout most of the movie, Bartelby is the voice of reason, constantly rolling his eyes at Loki's own version of divine justice ("You didn't say 'God bless you' when I sneezed" Loki chastises, pulling a gun on an innocent woman). But after a theological discussion with an inebriated Bethany, feelings of betrayal consume him, feelings that God's just stopped listening. This frustration is compounded by God's unconditional love of humans: "In the beginning, it was just us and Him. Angels and God. And then...
...first election since the country's long-running civil war ended in 1996. The result? There will be a run-off in December, since no candidate gained a majority. During the country's 36-year civil war, voters, particularly rural peasants, were intimidated away from voting booths by gun-toting soldiers. As a result, the ruling party has long been the urban- and military-friendly National Advancement Party. While one U.N. peacekeeper monitoring the elections said the elections took place in a "climate of fear," a record number of voters turned...