Word: guts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the President had violated his 1992 pledge to "end welfare as we know it." But at the climactic meeting in the White House, Vice President Gore observed that the political arguments cut both ways and were too difficult to gauge, so Clinton should "go with your gut." The clinching argument seems to have been that a badly broken welfare system had to be fixed and that the chance to do so might not come again, so the best course was to sign what everyone considered to be a seriously flawed bill and then try after re-election to remedy...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I believe that Newt Gingrich's agenda is negative and is viewed negatively by a majority of people in the district. My gut tells me that. People are concerned that Gingrich was attempting...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will not vote to gut the hard-won environment gains of the past two years. I will not vote to gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I just can't tolerate the extreme attempts by some to gut the Endangered Species Act and thereby sacrifice the survival of hundreds of species...
...Since a gut-wrenching five-set loss to Boston College three weeks ago--one in which the Crimson was up two sets to none before succumbing--the team has been unable to close out leads against weaker opposition...